From the German website Alles eBook... (using Google translate)...
Quote:
Kobo Nia: Tolino Page 2 reissued?
When the Tolino Page 2 was launched a few months ago, I was amazed that there is no Kobo counterpart to the device. After all, the Canadian-Japanese technology partner of the Tolino Alliance is responsible for the hardware of the current Tolino models.
It looks like this will soon change. Goodereader's colleagues have tracked down a data sheet from the American telecommunications authority FCC, in which the name Kobo Nia appears.
The exact technical details are still unknown, but a few notes can be read from the documentation: 1,000 mAh battery, micro USB connection, WiFi and 16 GB storage space.
Entry level model completes the Kobo portfolio
Although this is hardly meaningful data, the battery capacity is a clear indication that it is an entry-level device. The Tolino also happens to have a battery of this size.
And even if the official specifications of the Tolino Page 2 indicate a storage space size of 8 GB, a look under the back cover also shows a 16 GB Sandisk MicroSD memory card, at least for my device. Accordingly, this also fits the information provided by the Kobo Nia.
That would also explain why the new Tolino Page did not appear in the old Tolino design despite the lack of a Kobo counterpart.
The Kobo Nia will probably be a replacement for the Kobo Aura. The exact market launch is not known, but a 180-day confidentiality agreement was signed in the FCC documentation, which is valid from February 10, 2020. Accordingly, the device should appear at the end of July at the latest - but probably a little earlier.
In Germany, however, this is not very relevant, since the device - if the assumption is correct - is already available in the form of the Tolino and Kobo has withdrawn from the German market.
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https://allesebook.de/news/kobo-nia-...gelegt-981339/
(Emphasis mine.)
The interesting bit is that the Tolino Page 2 also has a 16 GB sandisk microSD, even though it's only using 8GB of it.