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I have both Kindle Touch and Kobo Touch. Tried both and I prefer the Kobo Touch personally. Display quality is very close. Some pros and cons based on my personal preferences:
Kindle:
pros- longer battery life (approx. 2 months), audio capable, better response on touch screen, multi-touch for changing size, better dictionary
cons- heavier, limited fonts, no epub support, I find the user interface is less friendly and fewer choices (e.g. must go to home for settings, fixed refresh page, no page number, need a few clicks to "go to" a page, cannot set power save option, limited spacing option (3 only)
Kobo:
pros- lighter, supports epub, slightly faster in page turn, user friendly interface (e.g. setup menu bar is available on any screen, "slide to page" bar, can import fonts, easy one touch bookmark, option to set from 1 - 6 page refresh rate, option set set sleep/power off time, slide bars to change line spacing, margins, justifications)
cons- shorter battery life (approx. 1 month), no audio, sometimes requires multiple taps to turn page, must have book cover (since the home page shows only 5 books with covers, if your book doesn't have it, you can't tell which book is which)
I mainly read epub books from free sources or library, so any options related to the bookstore side are not needed by me and don't do me any good. I find Kobo is more useful in customizing the screen and most important it supports epub. Lighter is also a factor since it's quite noticeable after long reading.
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