--- title: Rakuten Kobo Elipsa eNote with E Ink Digital Paper Gets Me description: Rakuten Kobo Elipsa with E Ink Digital Paper upgrades eReaders and eNotes with powerful features and applications image: https://blog.eink.com/hubfs/Elipsa%20bundle.jpg --- [![eink\_logo](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EInk_May2018/Images/eink_logo.png?width=160&height=76&name=eink_logo.png "eink_logo")](https://insights.eink.com?hsLang=en) - [E Ink Website |](https://www.eink.com) - [About E Ink |](https://www.eink.com/about-us.html) - [Contact Sales |](https://www.eink.com/contact_sales.html) - [E Ink Kit Store](https://shopkits.eink.com/) ## E Ink Extras E Ink. We Make Surfaces Smarter. [![](https://blog.eink.com/hubfs/Elipsa%20bundle.jpg)](https://blog.eink.com/rakuten-kobo-elipsa-enote-with-e-ink-digital-paper-gets-me) # Rakuten Kobo Elipsa eNote with E Ink Digital Paper Gets Me Posted by [Carolyn Tusinski](https://blog.eink.com/author/carolyn-tusinski) on 2021-11-10 The first time I was impressed – even aware – of awesome design was in the early 1970’s. I received a very cool birthday present – the Panasonic Toot-A-Loop AM radio. Yup, the FM band was pretty fancy at that time. The AM band was standard for battery operated, portable radios back in the day.   ![Panasonic Toot-A-Loop](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Panasonic%20Toot-A-Loop.png?width=300&name=Panasonic%20Toot-A-Loop.png) *Panasonic Toot-A-Loop radio Photo credit: Pinterest*   I wore that radio like a bracelet whenever and as often as possible. I had it handy during lunch period at school, wore it around the house, on shopping trips – anywhere I went. I was a technological influencer – even though the term hadn’t been created yet. Other tech impressed me – surround sound, digital cameras, hot steam hair curlers. The next time I was really blown away was in 2010 with my third cell phone – the Samsung Alias. It was the first phone to switch between a flip phone and landscape orientation with full keyboard. Also noteworthy is that the keyboard in both modes was an E Ink module!              ![Samsung Alias landscape WIkiwand](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Samsung%20Alias%20landscape%20WIkiwand.png?width=300&name=Samsung%20Alias%20landscape%20WIkiwand.png)           ![Samsung Alias portrait WIkiwand](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Samsung%20Alias%20portrait%20WIkiwand.png?width=300&name=Samsung%20Alias%20portrait%20WIkiwand.png)   *Samsung Alias Photo credit: Wikiwand* My latest fascination is with eNote devices – electronic notebooks which you can use as eReaders, and as digital notebooks – to upload and download files, and take handwritten notes - just like a paper notebook. Full disclosure, I am an E Ink employee and the eNotes I covet contain E Ink Digital Paper. eNotes have been discussed here before – but I was really stunned with the new [Rakuten Kobo Elipsa eNote](https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-elipsa?_pos=3&_sid=e8c12ec16&_ss=r). The rest of this blog is contained in the following images.   ![Elipsa 1](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Elipsa%201.jpg?width=300&name=Elipsa%201.jpg) *Image credit: E Ink*   I wrote a few lines, tapped twice, and the OCR app transformed my chicken scratch into type! You don’t believe it was that easy. Neither did I! So I did it again.   ![Elipsa 3](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Elipsa%203.jpg?width=300&name=Elipsa%203.jpg)*Image credit: E Ink*   Above is proof that I have the handwriting of a serial killer. The nuns at St. Joseph’s would be scandalized – all those pages of cursive letter practice – and that’s how I write??   ![Elipsa 4](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Elipsa%204.jpg?width=300&name=Elipsa%204.jpg)*Image credit: E Ink*   Two taps – done! But the font is wonky. Can’t have that.   ![Elipsa 5](https://blog.eink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Elipsa%205.jpg?width=300&name=Elipsa%205.jpg)*Image credit: E Ink*   Two more taps on the oversize text – bam! All is well. I’m giggling over here! If your handwriting might alarm law enforcement – you need the Rakuten Kobo Elipsa! The eNote capabilities are amazing. File transfer is simple using [Rakuten Kobo’s application](https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062226733-Use-Kobo-Sage-and-Kobo-Elipsa-as-a-notebook). Connect the cable to your laptop – choose upload to your device or Dropbox. [Adding books and other PDF files](https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033830114-Add-books-to-your-Kobo-Sage-Kobo-Forma-or-Kobo-Elipsa-with-Dropbox) is a snap as well. The Help files are easy to follow. Check out the Rakuten Kobo help topics for more information. Love a title, or an audio book? Want to own it forever? Click on the [eBooks tab](https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebooks?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_smt&utm_content=ebooks&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-K2MBhC-ARIsAMtLKRvQaS0IUCYAjdQOmQ4mpdvaaZT7QEGRx1ooQngTyY8VqsX0R6_zBDMaAm-QEALw_wcB) at the kobo.com site and search! Remember public libraries? Have eReaders made physical libraries obsolete? Hardly!! Check out [OverDrive](https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017677053-Borrow-eBooks-from-the-public-library-using-your-Kobo-eReader) – Rakuten Kobo’s link to many public libraries. Find your local library – you need a membership to the public library – and check out books!!! Seriously, could it be any easier to enjoy countless volumes? 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