You’ll also see recommendations based on your reading habits. Swiping in from the left on the homescreen helps you gain access to Kobo’s Reading Life, delivering a dashboard that displays things like your recent reads, covering books, magazines and articles from Pocket (a partnership was announced back in August). There’s Google Play and all the usual apps you’d expect, but remember the Kobo is designed as a tablet for those who like to read.
#KOBO TABLET ANDROID#
You slide a little red switch on the top-right edge of the tablet to power the device on and, well, you’re greeted by a fairly familiar Android layout. The front of the Kobo has edge-to-edge glass, which is an improvement on the plasticy bezel that circled the edge of the front on the original Arc last year. This isn’t a bad thing, far from it – it definitely adds to the premium build, and makes it feel somewhat unique.īut you can only stare at the back for so long. The back of the Arc seems a little off-kilter, with slanting raised-lines pushing off in different directions along the edges, while the layout of the tiny holes that constitute the speakers aren’t identical on each side. The Kobo’s two speakers feature at the top left/right on the back of the tablet, but when you flip the device around the first thing you’ll notice is the distinct slanted edges, sliding downwards from around one inch in. A closer inspection reveals just how pronounced the difference is. It’s a minor point, perhaps, but for the design-conscious, little matters such as this count in their overall buying decisions, and one isn’t necessarily better than the other. Check this side-by-side shot of Kobo’s (left) and Google’s (right) devices. The first thing we noticed is that the tablet itself is very square – it has a sharper form (no need for gloves) than, say the Kindle Fire HDX, Nexus 10 or even Samsung’s range of Galaxy tablets. But what more did you expect, caviar? Oh, right, yes – there’s also the Kobo tablet itself. Inside the box all you’ll find is a micro USB cable, wall-charger and a small user-guide. It also has a (quad-core) 2.2GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, and an 8 MP rear-facing camera. And at 334 grams, it is considerably lighter too, though admittedly part of that comes down to its smaller size. At $394, Amazon’s latest Kindle-branded tablet has a similar display to Kobo’s, but its pixel density is 339 PPI. It’s probably also worth mentioning the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, even though it’s just that bit smaller than the Arc 10HD.
#KOBO TABLET FULL#
A new Nexus 10 is due out soon, but full details aren’t yet known about that. It also only has a dual-core 1.7Ghz CPU, but it has a quad-core GPU. In terms of comparable devices, I guess the Nexus 10 is in the same ball-park, with a similar price, display, dimensions and memory, though Google’s incarnation has a 5 MP rear-facing camera too, and only weights 603g. It has a 1.3 MP (720p) front-facing HD camera only – so you won’t be able to use this for snapping pictures really (well, apart from selfies). It has 2GB of RAM, a quad-core processor (1.8 GHz), 16GB of storage (no micro SD), dual stereo speakers, a microphone and a 6550 mAh capacity battery.
In terms of overall size, the Arc 10HD comes in at 253 x 172 x 9.9 mm, and weighs 627 grams.
#KOBO TABLET 1080P#
It sports a 10.1″, 2560×1600 HD+ display (300 ppi), with up to 1080p for video playback, and ships with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Make no mistake, Kobo’s latest tablet is a top-of-the-range device which is supported, in part, by its $399 price-tag. So we took it for a spin to see how this baby rolls. Now, however, we’ve gotten our mitts on the Arc’s bigger brother – the recently-launched Arc 10HD.
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