Kobo Glo HD Ebook Reader: Kindle Voyage interesting competitor – WinFuture

"article body" "news_content"> In the market of ebook reader is doing something: the Canadian supplier Kobo is its Kobo Glo, the reader with background lighting, Soon also available as HD-version with 300 dpi. The unit comes under the name Kobo Glo HD on the market and could make Amazon with its Kindle Voyage significant pressure. So far, Amazon has with its 300 dpi Voyage still a single position, but now comes real competition. For Kobo tried it on price – the new Glo HD is likely to cost less than 130 euros. Thus, the device is far below Amazon. The Kindle Voyage currently costs as wifi version 189 euros, 249 euros with 3G. The new Glo HD will be available in the US and Canada at a price of $ 129 from 1 May. Kobo Glo brings this year as HD version.

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If you look purely at the technical data and functions, the Glo HD, however, despite its high resolution more of a competitor to the Kindle Paperwhite. He uses a similar display, backlight and will be without a capacitive touch screen, such as Amazon offers it. The reading experience is that not be a hindrance. However, some preliminary concerns that the display used with infrared technology for touch detection on the frame shines too strong. Until now, the Kobo Aura HD with its 265 dpi, the top class in Kobo. The new HD-Reader will even be somewhat smaller (6 instead of 6.8 inches), lighter and thinner.

Germany starting in June

The Kobo Glo HD has a 6-inch display on the basis of E-ink technology Carta. The resolution is 1448 × 1072 pixels. Was installed a 1 GHz processor, which provides liquid flow when scrolling. The reader is 180 grams and measures 15.7 x 11.5 x 0.92 inches. Of space has 4 Gbytes available. Unlike other Kobo reader, however, the Glo HD does not provide expandability via micro SD card.

Unlike other devices, such as the aura or waived Kobo Touch series also the new Glo HD in a choice of colors. The Glo HD, there will be only in black, the black unit frame is matte and the display has a glossy covers with tape.

In Germany the Glo HD from June 1 will be available, Kobo announces , Partners include the Media-Saturn Group, Expert, Euronics Pixmania and

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2015-04-12T16: 21: 00 + 02: 00 Nadine Juliana Dressler