Feature of the new cheap e-book from Kobo

The creators did not split hairs with the name. Touch 2.0 model has already appeared in shops. Ask for a 6-inch gadget is 70 US dollars.

What can you get for this amount? A good cheap e-book with display E Ink Pearl.

It sounds good. Moreover, the touch screen. True, the product is not in a position to boast of illumination.

The invention is able to please another? Wireless adapters Wi-Fi, as well as a decent battery life. The book does not have to be recharged more often than once every 2 months. Decent value (even for solutions based on E Ink).

As for the supported formats, cheap e-book Touch 2.0 is easy to cope with the CBR, RTF, TXT, BMP, GIF, PDF, EPUB, CBZ, HTML, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, and MOBI.

Source: liliputing

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It seems that the popularity of Amazon Kindle Voyage is haunted by developers Kobo. Therefore, the Canadian company announced the release of its own “reading room” premium.

Novelty called Glo HD. It should be a model not too much – $ 129. Sales start May 1st.

The main feature of the device – a magnificent 6-inch display based on electronic ink. Its resolution is 1448 to 1072 pixels. Density – 300 ppi.

The screen is created by technology E-Ink Carta. It is equipped with soft lighting for comfortable reading at dusk and darkness.

Created reader based on the chip with 1 GHz. As for memory, there is the storage capacity of 4 GB. MicroSD card slot available.
Weight – 180 grams. Case Thickness – 9.2 mm.

Will the Glo HD compete with Kindle Voyage? Yes – due to the low prices. Gadget Amazon for 70 dollars more.

Source: Gizmag

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The Canadian company Kobo, owned by Japan’s Rakuten and known for its devices for reading electronic books, today announced the 10-inch tablet computer Arc 10HD.

Among the features of this model – the screen with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels and a 1.8-GHz quad-core processor nVidia Tegra 4. Also, the device has a Bluetooth 4.0 adapter and Wi-Fi, port microHDMI, 1,3-megapixel webcam and a slot for flash card format MicroSD. Built-in storage capacity of 16 GB RAM – 2 GB. A single battery charge, according to developers, enough Kobo Arc 10HD at 9 and a half hours of battery life.

Arc 10HD operates under the operating system Android 4.2.2.

Dimensions – 254 x 172 x 10.2 mm, weight – 635

Sales of Arc 10HD will begin in October. In the U.S. and Canada model will cost $ 400.

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Kobo is a manufacturer which was actually far more well-known in the eBook market. Even with the Kobo Arc wanted to move into the Android market, but the sales were probably not really worth mentioning. Now you want to try again with a high-end tablet, this is in fact currently in a benchmark. There is a Tegra 4 processor at 1.8 Ghz, the speech, and a display with a resolution of 2560 × 1600 pixels. As the name suggests there is a 10 inch display and Google’s second-newest operating system Android 4.2.

Unfortunately, there are no official pictures and information about the device. Maybe it’s just a prototype is currently being tested internally at Kobo. We keep our eyes open and hope that it will be presented at IFA this year.

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List of manufacturers who choose to use in their devices a new platform Tegra 4 is extended. Another novelty is preparing for her company Kobo. It will be a 10-inch tablet 10 Arc HD.

In addition to the new quad-core processor clocked at 1.8 GHz, the tablet Kobo will offer a 10-inch screen with a resolution of 2560 x 1504 pixels. Other specifications are still unknown, but one can expect 2 GB of RAM and at least 16GB of internal memory. Also now has a prototype of the device operating system Android 4.2.2. Whether there was a novelty on the market with Android 4.3, while it is difficult to say.

In conclusion, it should be noted that the appearance of the fall is preparing an updated version of the 7-inch model. Rather, we learn about it soon.

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Kobo has some new products introduced last year and it is the smallest eBook reader (Kobo Mini) even now already be had for under 40 euros. The new Kobo will probably reappear at the IFA and thereby get a few new features. Inspired by the aura HD design seems to be something with a 6-inch display and a 1500mAH battery. This is equal to 50 percent more, as in the current Kobo Glo.

Of course there is still a MicroSD card reader and microUSB port on the bottom. For more details, we still do not know except that it has a logo that is no longer centered and will probably be back well in the hand.

An official report we are waiting.

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