I got the color one and wasn't very happy with it. The color one has a darker screen and less contrast than the bw one.[0] It also wasn't really big enough for

I got the color one and wasn't very happy with it. The color one has a darker screen and less contrast than the bw one.[0] It also wasn't really big enough for comics. So I'm not quite sure what the selling point is. It definitely looks cool the first time you see it though. (Also I thought the whole appeal of Kobo was that you don't need an account, but it wouldn't let me do anything without making an account, which I had to do thru a national partner, whose site was offline...) -- [0] I also heard something about color e-ink having a lower effective resolution? But I'm not sure.