Kobo ARC Unboxing Video. Welcome to another Good e-Reader Unboxing Video! Today we take a look at the latest tablet by Kobo: the Arc. We dive right into it and show you everything that comes in the box and a first time boot up. The one thing the amazed me right away was how fast this device was. It is definitely on par with the Nook Tablet HD and Kindle Fire HD 7, in terms of being robust.
Tapestry is also a huge selling feature! It is an exclusive interface that gives you the freedom to organize and enjoy your content how you like it. Stay tuned for our full hands on review that will come out this coming Monday! Michael Kozlowski (3723 Posts) Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. A Thousand Words A Picture: Kobo Arc e-Reader Tablet Review.
By any measures, the Kobo Vox was a letdown that mercifully did not see much exposure, thereby limiting any lasting damage to it's company. This isn't a snarky comment so much as a fact of business life. As a an extension of the Chapters/Indigo francishe here in Canada, Kobo is ostensibly a way for a company that sells physical and tangible books to not get left behind by the electronic publishing revolution. To that end, the Arc is a much better second attempt at the tablet/reader hybrid market, and is out in time for the holiday shopping season. (Can I just say, enough already with the earlier and earlier commercialization of Christmas every year? Though Kobo is now owned by Rakuten Inc. of Japan, the e-reader brand is very much associated with the Chapters/Indigo chain here in Canada, who were the original majority owners of the company. However, I do want to say that as an exercise in product design, the Vox actually did very nicely, commercial failings aside. Hands-on with the $200 Kobo Arc Android tablet.
The Kobo Arc is a 7 inch Android tablet from eBook seller Kobo. While Kobo may not be as well known as Amazon or Barnes & Noble, the company’s new tablet has a few things going for it that the latest NOOK and Kindle tablets don’t. With a starting price of $200, the Kobo Arc is expected to launch in the US by the end of November. It’s already starting to hit stores in other parts of the globe, starting with the UK, Canada, and France. The Kobo Arc has a 7 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display, a 1.5 GHz TI OMAP 4470 dual core processor, and 16GB to 64GB of storage. It runs Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with some custom Kobo software running on top.
Here’s what sets it apart from NOOK and Kindle tablets though: The Kobo Arc is a Google certified device. That means that in addition to downloading books, magazines, and other content from the Kobo Store, you can also download apps from Google Play… or books, music, movies or other content from Google Play. Indigo Books & Music Inc. | Kobo Arc Now Available at Indigo. -The Perfect Gift from Canada's One Stop Magical Holiday Shop- TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2012 /CNW/ - Indigo, Canada's largest book, gift and specialty toy retailer announces the arrival of the Kobo Arc $199.99 (16G) and $249.99 (32G) and $299.99 (64GB), at Indigo and Chapters stores nationally and online at indigo.ca.
According to Heather Reisman, Indigo's Chief Executive Officer, "At Indigo we're excited that the Kobo Arc tablet is now in store. The Kobo Arc is an amazing tablet experience at an affordable price—a gift that will delight the whole family. We look forward to the new suite of Kobo devices, the Kobo Arc, Glo and Mini, as well as our beautiful range of colourful accessories to be the "it" gift for the holiday season. " The Kobo Arc is a competitively featured Android 4.0 multimedia tablet that provides a new way to discover content - books, movies, TV shows, music, web pages and more.
About Indigo Books & Music Inc. About Kobo. SOURCE: Indigo Books & Music Inc. Kobo Arc eReader 32GB (White) Kobo | WHSmith.co.uk. Kobo’s Arc tablet goes on sale. Kobo’s Android-powered tablet, the Kobo Arc, is now on sale in the UK and Canada. The 7” device offers access to Kobo’s reading app and integrated bookstore as well as more than 600,000 apps and is available in three storage configurations: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The Arc also offers web browsing, emails and Kobo’s unique interface Tapestries which allows users to easily organise and display content by ‘pining’ their favourite content. Kobo say the device will ‘learn’ what its user likes, recommending more of the content they love. and presenting it on the ‘Discovery Ribbon’.
“Finding new videos, websites and articles is something we can all admit to spending hours searching for,” said Wayne White, EVP and GM of Devices Kobo. “With Kobo Arc, we have developed new ways for users to easily and more importantly, quickly, discover new information, resources and entertainment based on their interests rather than their purchase history. Kobo’s Arc Android tablet goes on sale in the UK and Canada, launching in France on November 19.
Perhaps often forgotten thanks to Amazon’s dominance of the e-reader market, Kobo is attempting to make its mark on the Android tablet market, today launching its Kobo Arc device in the UK and Canada. Kobo’s Arc tablet — which features a 7-inch 1280 x 800 HD display, 1.5GHz OMAP 4470 dual-core processor, 1GB RAM and comes with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB storage configurations — is available at 550 high street WH Smith stores in the UK and at Indigo-Chapters, Best Buy, and Future Shop in Canada. The device will also go on sale in France on Monday (November 19) at Fnac Booksellers, with pricing starting at $199.99 (16GB), $249.99 (32GB) and $299.99 (64GB). The Kobo Arc is said to offer 10 hours of battery life and runs Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in a package that weighs just 364 grams. With access to Google Play, Kobo Arc users have access to a complete range of Android apps and Kobo says that it is already working to roll out an upgrade to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). ➤ Kobo Arc.
Indigo Books & Music to Carry the Nexus 7 In Place of the Kobo Arc. Now here’s something curious. A press release from Canada just crossed my inbox. It seems that Indigo, the former parent of Kobo and current retail partner in Canada, isn’t pinning their hopes on Kobo’s Android tablet this holiday season. They have just announced that they are carrying the Nexus 7 32GB model. It’s in stock in Chapters and Indigo stores across Canada and can also be found on their website. Gee, I wonder of they got tired of waiting for the Kobo Arc? Indigo doesn’t carry much else in the way of electronics and they do not have any other Android tablets (none showed up in the search), so today’s news does actually tell us something about what Indigo thinks of Kobo and the Kobo Arc. Note that Indigo didn’t mention the Nexus 10 nor any other tablet; that’s why I believe the Kobo Arc is the subtext for today’s press release.
I suspect that there has been some unspecified delay in the release of the Kobo Arc. 64GB Kobo Arc Tablet Gets FCC Approval, Arriving in the US for $300/€235. Kobo is apparently about to launch an Android tablet in the US. Kobo Arc tablet is currently on “Coming Soon” at Best Buy and will be available for purchase for $300/€235.
The slate has been recently spotted at FCC (Federal Communication Commission), which means the tablet is close to being released in the US. Check it out here. Kobo Arc tablet is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system out of the box and packs no less than 64GB of internal memory. It also comes equipped with a powerful 1.5 GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4470 processor, 1GB of RAM and a vibrant 7-inch LCD capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (1280 x 800 pixels) resolution. Although the tablet does not feature a rear photo snapper, users will be able to take advantage of the 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
Kobo announces new October devices. 06.09.12 | Lisa Campbell Kobo has announced three new devices as it steps up the pressure to win market share from rival e-book retailer Amazon in the run-up to Christmas. Two new e-readers will come from the Rakuten-owned company on 1st October, with a tablet device with two different capacities appearing in November. The news comes after Barnes & Noble announced last week that it would partner with John Lewis, Blackwell’s, Foyles and Argos to sell two models of its Nook e-reader, the Touch Screen and the Glowlight, in October, and in anticipation of an announcement from Amazon in a press conference in Los Angeles later today (6th September) that it will launch further devices, including a tablet in the UK. The combined news means a flood of new e-reading hardware onto the market in time for Christmas. Kobo’s new devices are the Kobo Glo, with a six-inch, e-ink, illuminated screen for night-time as well as day-time reading, which will sell for £99.99.
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