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Kobo attempts to try
stealing Amazon’s thunder by introducing its new e-readers and even
unveiled an Android tablet a day before Amazon’s official announcement
of its new hardware.
Rakuten-owned Kobo unveils its $79 Kobo Mini, which features a 5-inch
E-Ink touchscreen with 2GB internal storage, WiFi connectivity, and
Kobo’s social reading functions. Too bad there is no expandable memory
here.
Up next is the Kobo Glo, a slightly larger device with a $129 suggested retail price. Like the Nook with GlowLight
and the new Kindle Paperwhite, it is equipped with a 6-inch
“ComfortLight” front-lit touch display with 1024 x 768 resolution,
making it comfortable to read e-books in dark environments. The Kobo
Glo also has the same WiFi radio and internal store, but this one comes
with a microSD card slot.
The forever-underdog company also introduces its latest low-cost
tablet, the Kobo Arc. The Ice Cream Sandwich-powered tablet provides
users with recommended e-books based on their personal tastes, while its
Tapestries feature allows them to “pin” content such as books from the
Kobo library, Wiki pages, images, and YouTube videos.
The tablet comes packed with a 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4470
processor, 1GB of RAM, a 7-inch IPS display with 1280 x 800 resolution,
and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
The Kobo Arc will be available in 8GB and 16GB variations for $199 and $249 respectively.
Source: TechCrunch
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