Isn’t that all a bit too much?
The beauty of an e-reader is that it only does one thing and does it pretty well.
This combines with a single-purpose design that never interrupts you with notifications or tempts you with Twitter.
Rakuten Kobo
“E-ink note-taking devices are a single-purpose machine designed only for reading ebooks or listening to audiobooks.
But the big gimmick here is that the Sage also works with Kobo’s stylus.
Just like with the Apple Pencil, you could write and draw on the screen.
Rakuten Kobo
you might use it to mark up books or just open up a notebook and freestyle on the page.
That’s the idea anyway.
Many folks are all-in on ebooks.
If youre like me, you havent purchased a novel on paper for years.
But do you need this unit?
Thats getting awfully close to iPad territory.
PDFs do not reflow to fit different screen sizes.
The Sage, then, is a niche within a niche.
