Kobo Inc’s Kobo eReader passed through the FCC today, complete with some great internal photos of the device’s innards.  While we have seen a ton of eBook readers over the past few months, few have the attractive $150 price of the Kobo eReader.  So what powers this cost effective little device?  Check it out after the jump:

The Kobo eReader’s teal DPAD is one of the more distinctive features of the device.  After the Kobo eReader’s front panel is removed, you can see that this DPAD has your standard configuration of five sensors in a ‘plus’ layout.

The Kobo eReader’s motherboard has a fairly standard offering of silicon.  The device relies on what appears to be a Samsung S3C2440 mobile application processor.  This device features an ARM9 (920T) core and runs at 400 MHz.  It lacks the 2D/3D capabilities of other Samsung mobile application processors, although this isn’t surprising since this functionality would be wasted on the Kobo eReader’s 6” monochrome eInk screen.

SDRAM from Hynix and Samsung is also visible on the Kobo eReader’s motherboard, along with Samsung flash memory which provides the eReader’s 1 GB of storage.