<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
eReader	I-Application
"	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
Kobo	O
e-reader	O
device	O
designed	O
by	O
Kobo	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Touch	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
improved	O
upon	O
its	O
predecessors	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
zForce	O
touch-sensitive	O
display	O
;	O
hence	O
its	O
name	O
,	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
improvements	O
included	O
an	O
E	O
Ink	O
Pearl	O
screen	O
,	O
a	O
faster	O
processor	O
capable	O
of	O
smooth	O
PDF	B-Application
panning	O
,	O
802.11n	O
Wi-Fi	O
capability	O
,	O
and	O
reduced	O
size	O
and	O
weight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
is	O
shipped	O
in	O
five	O
colours	O
:	O
lilac	O
,	O
blue	O
,	O
silver	O
,	O
black	O
,	O
and	O
white	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Amazon	O
's	O
Kindle	B-General_Concept
and	O
Barnes	O
&	O
Noble	O
's	O
Nook	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
not	O
including	O
a	O
physical	O
keyboard	O
like	O
the	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
Keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
leaving	O
only	O
a	O
home	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
front	O
face	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
Kobo	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
further	O
shrink	O
down	O
the	O
dimensions	O
of	O
the	O
Touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
32GB	O
microSD	O
card	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
inserted	O
in	O
the	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
books	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
rises	O
to	O
30,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battery	O
life	O
of	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
is	O
estimated	O
to	O
be	O
approximately	O
one	O
month	O
,	O
assuming	O
reading	O
for	O
30	O
minutes	O
a	O
day	O
and	O
Wi-Fi	O
turned	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
were	O
released	O
:	O
N905	O
,	O
N905B	O
,	O
and	O
N905C	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
was	O
the	O
original	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
;	O
the	O
second	O
was	O
the	O
model	O
with	O
advertisements	O
;	O
the	O
third	O
was	O
the	O
low-cost	O
model	O
introduced	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Kobo	O
Glo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
Firmware	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
application	O
,	O
the	O
digital	O
reader	O
,	O
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
ebook	O
formats	O
:	O
ePub	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
Adobe	O
DRM	O
,	O
MOBI	O
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
TXT	B-General_Concept
,	O
Comic	O
Book	O
Archive	O
file	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
TIFF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
also	O
provides	O
statistics	O
about	O
reading	O
progress	O
:	O
average	O
reading	O
time	O
per	O
session	O
,	O
total	O
time	O
read	O
,	O
pages	O
turned	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
percentage	O
of	O
books	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eBooks	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
can	O
be	O
borrowed	O
from	O
many	O
public	O
libraries	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Ottawa	O
Public	O
Library	O
and	O
the	O
Toronto	O
Public	O
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Books	O
may	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
with	O
the	O
app	O
or	O
third	O
party	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
Calibre	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
read-it-later	O
service	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
user	O
has	O
signed	O
in	O
with	O
their	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
account	O
,	O
articles	O
saved	O
to	O
Pocket	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
read	O
on	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
applications	O
are	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
:	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
sudoku	O
,	O
chess	O
-	O
now	O
replaced	O
by	O
Unblock	O
It	O
-	O
and	O
a	O
sketch	O
pad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
Kobo	B-Application
Touch	I-Application
was	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
