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Kobo Glo - Revolutionary ComfortLight Illuminates The Screen (Part 2)

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Those who’re upgrading from Kobo Touch will see that the interface of Glo is familiar. At the center of the home page is the collection showing the cover of the recently-read books. Right above this thing is Reading and Discover buttons, allowing you to turn off/on between the reading pane and other panes that provide recommendations. There’s no special reason so that this feature can’t be moved to the store, but obviously Kobo wants it to be as simple as possible so that you will pay extra for the Dean Koontz books. Along the top of the home screen are the icons for home, battery life and a drop-down settings which provides date and time, Wi-Fi check box, more accurate battery life readings, search and a notification showing the last time you synchronize the content with cloud. Under this are the links to Library, Store and Reading Life social network of Kobo. Along the bottom is the link to your reading “Wish List” (which you can announce while shopping).

Those who’re upgrading from Kobo Touch will see that the interface of Glo is familiar.

Those who’re upgrading from Kobo Touch will see that the interface of Glo is familiar.

Clicking Library will give you fine-tuning options, allowing you to watch by Books, Newspapers/Magazine, review the book and the bookshelf, which you can build form a local stored content. The parts of Library are organized in a way that is easy to understand, listed with a small cover image, author name, the % you have read and file format. On the right side, 1 button allows you to open the book (you can also do this by clicking the books), view the title info, erase it from the shelf or look for similar books.

Clicking Library will give you fine-tuning options, allowing you to watch by Books, Newspapers/Magazine, review the book and the bookshelf

Clicking Library will give you fine-tuning options, allowing you to watch by Books, Newspapers/Magazine, review the book and the bookshelf

Reading Life is the attempt of Kobo to make reading become more social and interesting – however, if you buy the electronic reader, we think that at least you’re convinced that reading is unwinding. This feature, which is also available on Touch, shows you how long you’ve been reading, how many pages you’ve read, the number of books you’ve finished and the % of the library you’ve read through. The service provides small, silly award for your activities, some don’t require any effort (let’s think about the “book lover” award you have thanks to buying Kobo). There’s also Facebook award you can achieve when you link your Facebook, if you’re a type of person that need to shows the world that you’re reading.

Reading Life is the attempt of Kobo to make reading become more social and interesting.

Reading Life is the attempt of Kobo to make reading become more social and interesting.

On Extras, accessible through settings, you will find some games (chess and Sudoku), and a sketchpad that allow you to use the touch screen to write down notes and draw pictures with fingers. Below that page is a link to the web browser, continuing the proud tradition of the electronic reader which completely hides that feature. Of course, there’re reasons – the modern e-ink tech is not build for web browsing – the page refreshes many times throughout the scrolling process, the images don’t look stunning and in the situation of Kobo, there’s no pinch-to-zoom, so you have to count on a slider which always appears on the bottom to make things bigger. That is to say, it will be there for your need.

Reading experience is pretty understandable. By default, the pages are mainly monopolized by the text. On top, you have book title, and along the bottom are the chapter number and your process in that special part – we love to have more basic page number. Clicking at the top right corner will crisp the page for marking. Hitting and holding the text will underline it, providing a window with definition from Merriam-Webster. Along the bottom, you will have options to add note or highlight, translate, look for document case all over the book and post it on Facebook.

Clicking the screen bottom and 2 toolbars will pop up. Along the upper part, you will see a home button, the % of text you’ve read, battery life and a button for settings. Along the bottom are the buttons for brightness (which only appears if you turn on the light), page process (through a slider), text format and some additions features. Clicking the format button and you will see 10 style of font and the size to choose, as well as many options for line and margin.

Conclusion

One more time, Kobo has created a stable small reader. Glo has features that help turning the last-generation Touch into a good device, this time combined with front light tech that may be the best among the group. UI is loss of words, Reading Life is not a money point that the company seems to think so and it’s still not as comfortable for handheld as Nook SimpleTouch with GlowLight. Then coming to a fact that the device releases after a good start of Amazon and Barnes & Noble, both is 10USD lower that it (with advertisement, in case of Kindle Paperwhite). However, the bright, evenly illuminated screen of Glo provides excellent reading experience, making it worth considering despite of the high price.

One more time, Kobo has created a stable small reader.

One more time, Kobo has created a stable small reader.

Info

·         Price: $129

Advantages

·         Excellent front light screen

·         Expandable storage

·         Ultra-lightweight

Disadvantages

·         Unimpressed design

·         Feel a little cheap

·         More expensive than the rivals

Key point

·         Kobo has a stable reader in its hand, but the company may have missed the train.

Technical specs

·         Size: 114 x157x10 mm (4.5x6.2x0.4 inches)

·         Weight: 185 g (6.5 oz)

·         Processor: 1 GHz

·         Display: 6" XGA Pearl E Ink touchscreen; 1024x758 resolution; 16-level grey scale

·         Screen: Responsive touchscreen for glare-free, fingerprint-resistant reading

·         Light: Built-in ComfortLight technology with micro-thin hard coating for durability and even light distribution

·         Buttons: Power on/off, light on/off

·         Connectivity: Wi Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro USB

·         Storage: 2 GB* ; Option to expand up to 32 GB with a Micro SD card

·         Battery: Over 1 month with Wi Fi turned off**; Up to 70 hours of continuous usage with ComfortLight

·         Colors: Black Night, Pink Sunset, Blue Moon, Silver Star; Each featuring Kobo’s signature soft quilted-patterned back

·         eBookstore: Over 3 million eBooks, newspapers, and magazines / Over 1 million free titles

·         Kobo Everywhere: Kobo eBooks are stored safely in the cloud - retrieve them at any time / Bookmarks and settings are seamlessly synced across all your Kobo eReading apps and devices

·         Social Reading: Includes Reading Life - Track your reading stats and share what you're reading, favourite passages, and Reading Life awards to Facebook and Twitter

·         Kobo Picks: Brings readers personalized recommendations based on their feedback and preferences

·         Fonts: 8 font styles with 24 font sizes and exclusive weight and sharpness settings

·         Dictionary: Built-in dictionary

·         Notes, Quotes: Highlight text, type notes, share to Facebook and Twitter

·         Advanced Features: Library personalization, predictive search, brightness controls, double-tap PDF zoom in, SimpleTurn™ page turning

·         Open: Read almost any eBook on your Kobo Glo. Supports ePub and Adobe DRM

·         File Types: EPUB, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TXT, (X)HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR

 

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