Kobo Arc eReader 32GB (Black) Kobo | WHSmith.co.uk. Arc Overview. Kobo Arc eReader 16GB (White) Kobo | WHSmith.co.uk. Kobo Arc Review. The Kobo Arc is a tablet device meant to compete with the likes of the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. eReader manufacturers have been making increasing efforts to crack into the tablet market, offering low-end, low-priced tablets that offer all the tablet essentials, plus support for the company’s own online book store. The Arc is a new device from Kobo, and completes their new Kobo product range.
It’s a development of the old Kobo Vox, released in 2011, which was an underwhelming device. So can Kobo make a big improvement on the Vox this time around, and make a product that might be worth buying? Let’s find out. Key Specs For The Kobo Arc Average Price: $249.99 Release Year: 2012 Screen Size: 7 inches Screen Type: Color LCD Weight: 12.8 oz Storage Size: 16GB Internet: Wi-Fi Main eBook Format: ePub + Apps Kobo Arc: The Pros Tablet Features: The Kobo Arc has a full suite of tablet features, allowing you to do everything you’d expect. Kobo Arc: The Cons Is The Kobo Arc Worth Buying? [Exlcu] Kobo Arc - La Tablette Fnac Android - Présentation. Kobo Arc Review | bibliophiliacs. Yesterday, I actually got my hands on an Arc. So here is the skinny: it looks pretty cool. It is about the same size and weight as the Kobo Vox (about the weight of a trade paperback), and has a 7″ screen.
The screen is HD-really crisp HD, actually. I noticed while using it a little lessening of responsiveness at the top of the screen, but that might have been because of all the people who just ate ice cream sandwiches (because it runs Android ice cream sandwich, get it? Kobo took inspiration from the popularity of Pinterest, and created an interface it calls “Tapestries”. The books downloaded, loaded, and turned pages very quickly – they have snuck in a 1.5 Ghz dual-core processor, and it seems to be doing the trick. One of my coworkers downloaded “Temple Run” from the Google Play store as, she claimed, a test. One thing I heard about, but didn’t get a chance to look at, is a feature built into the browser that apparently strips ads off web articles, so that only the content is left. Kobo makes its Nexus competitor more competitive - Gadget Guy Australia.
How much would you spend on a 7 inch tablet? $500? $300? How about $250? That’s the number eBook company Kobo is eyeing off, with a price drop on its tablet-based eReader heading our way in November. The Kobo Arc was announced two weeks ago and features a dual-core processor, high definition 7 inch screen, Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich,” WiFi, ten hour battery, and a price that made it even competitive with Google’s own recently released Nexus 7 tablet. Back then (on September 6), the Kobo was looking for a $249 starting price for 8GB and $299 for 16GB, less than the $319 for Google’s 16GB Nexus tablet. A day later, Amazon announced updates to its Kindle tablet range, though none are currently slated for release in Australia.
Now, and from the looks of things, Kobo is going to attempt to take some of the market from Google and Amazon with better pricing on the 7 inch Android-based eReaders, with a change in storage sizes and more competition in pricing.