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Kobo gets Pottermore connection no comments
Kobo ereader users can now link their Kobo accounts to the Pottermore Shop so that any Harry Potter ebooks purchased there will download directly into their Kobo libraries. There is a new Harry Potter page at Kobo with details and links to purchase the books.
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A new waterproof cover for the Kindle Touch & Kindle Keyboard no comments
Just in time for summer, UK company Proporta has a new waterproof cover for the Kindle 4, Kindle Touch and Kindle Keyboard. These have only been out for a little more than a month, so there are few user reviews yet, although there are BeachBuoy covers for a variety of other gadgets
Proporta’s waterproof covers feature a sealable plastic pouch/bag design with neck strap similar in appearance to that of TrendyDigital’s cases. But while TrendyDigital’s WaterGuard case is water resistant only and not meant for immersion, Proporta’s BeachBuoy covers are rated waterproof to a depth of 15-16 feet.
The BeachBuoy Waterproof case for the Kindle Touch is $27.56 with free shipping from the UK (also available in the UK for £15.96). A model is also available for the Kindle Keyboard and the Kobo Touch at the same price.
Proporta also has several bundles
Since there are no reviews of the BeachBuoy for the Kindle Touch ereader yet I’ve taken the plunge and ordered one. I’ll update this post when I get it.
Proporta also makes a number of regular cases
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WHSmith stores to include Kobo shops no comments
Over 100 WHSmith High Street stores in the UK will be getting Kobo ereading sections this year. A few ‘Kobo Centres’ have been set up in some of the bookseller’s larger stores on a trial basis and the results were good enough for Kobo and WHSmith to expand the program.
The various Kobo ereading devices and a selection of covers and other accessories will be on display at the Kobo Centres, which will be staffed with personnel trained to assist customers to choose and set up their new Kobo ereaders and activate their Kobo accounts. The WHSmith online store also features a Kobo section where the Kobo Wireless and Kobo Touch ereaders as well as the Vox tablet are offered along with various accessories. The Kobo Vox is now priced at £149.99 and the Kobo Touch ereader has been reduced to £79.99.
This is apparently just one more move in Kobo’s aggressive plans for international expansion in 2012. After its recent acquisition by Rakuten, Kobo says it now has the “resources, network and capacity to scale quickly around the world and to deliver a solution that meets and exceeds our customer and partner needs.”
Outside of the U.S. Kobo is pretty much in a two-horse race with Amazon for dominance of the international ereading market. Inside of the U.S., of course, that race is between Amazon and Barnes & Noble. B&N has indicated that it is considering taking its Nook business international, but I suspect it would be difficult at this point for B&N to be a serious contender for second place in the international market – even though the Nook line of ereaders and tablets are made of better stuff than their Kobo counterparts. Kobo just has too much of a head start.
Expanding the Nook internationally would also no doubt require a huge investment, which B&N would probably at this point find it difficult to make (and the DOJ agency model settlement has the potential to make it even harder for B&N to turn a profit and raise the capital for international expansion). Perhaps, as a commenter on the IBT article linked to above notes, Rakuten should buy B&N or preferably just its Nook business. That would not only extend Rakuten/Kobo’s number two position into the U.S. market, but also give it and its customers access to better hardware.
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Kobo Vox now at Best Buy stores no comments
Kobo announced today that its Vox eReader tablet is now available in-store at Best Buy locations across the US as well as online. The Vox is priced at $199.99 and currently the black model appears to be available at Best Buy stores, while the blue, green and pink models are available to order from in store or online.
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B&N and Kobo holiday sales results; Nook may be spun off & go international no comments
eReaders and ebooks were hot sellers this holiday season, and not just at Amazon. Barnes & Noble reports that sales of its Nook devices were up by 70% over last year, while digital content sales were up by 113%. B&N says that it sold more Nook Tablets than expected but that sales of the Nook Simple Touch were below projections.
B&N’s digital business may be surging but its brick and mortar stores are seeing little growth, even now that with Borders out of the picture there is less competition. B&N is forecasting a 1% increase in comparative store sales for 2012.
Barnes & Noble says that it is exploring options for separating its Nook business and expanding it abroad.
"We see substantial value in what we’ve built with our NOOK business in only two years, and we believe it’s the right time to investigate our options to unlock that value," said William Lynch, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble. "In NOOK, we’ve established one of the world’s best retail platforms for the sale of digital copyright content. We have a large and growing installed base of millions of satisfied customers buying digital content from us, and we have a NOOK business that’s growing rapidly year-over-year and should be approximately $1.5 billion in comparable sales this fiscal year. Between continued projected growth in the U.S., and the opportunity for NOOK internationally in the next 12 months, we expect the business to continue to scale rapidly for the foreseeable future."
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Kobo also reports a record breaking holiday season with a tenfold increase in new customers and a near doubling of total registered users as compared to the pre-holiday period. Kobo’s ereaders and ebooks are available internationally and some of its strongest gains were in Europe and parts of Asia.
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An internationally available set of Nook ereaders is not, of course, good news for either Kobo or Sony. The other smaller ereader manufacturers that have failed to compete successfully in the North American market will also not be overjoyed at this news.
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Kobo Touch update no comments
Kobo has a new software update for the Kobo Touch eReader. The new software version brings several improvements to the homescreen as well as faster page turns and search function. Text should be sharper as well.
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Kobo Vox gets software update no comments
Kobo has released a new software update for the Kobo Vox tablet. The update includes some bug fixes including:
- Fixed battery level misreporting.
- Improved Wi-Fi connectivity.
- Improved video streaming.
- Improved stability of device when waking from standby.
The reading app has also been improved:
- Reading menu has been improved.
- Built-in dictionary added.
- New background color – sepia.
- New font – Times New Roman.
Additionally, to help prevent accidental powering on of the Vox, the power button will now need to be depressed for 2.5 seconds to turn the tablet on.
The Vox will issue a notification when the software update is ready or you can check for it manually by going to the tablet’s Settings > About Kobo eReader > System Update.
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A tale of three tablets – Kindle Fire vs Nook Tablet vs Kobo Vox 1 comment
The three largest ebooksellers — Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble — all have new reading tablets out for the holidays. The Kindle Fire in particular has reportedly been selling very well — according to Amazon the Fire quickly became its bestselling product right after launch.
Rather than being full fledged tablets like the iPad or a Honeycomb-based device that might be considered a netbook or even laptop replacement, the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet are primarily platforms for consuming content purchased from their respective makers. But Amazon at least seems more than willing to take on the iPad head-to-head, as can be seen at the Kindle vs. iPad page at Amazon, which directly compares the features of the Kindle Fire and the iPad 2.
In some respects the Kobo Vox is the most tablet-like of the three, as it lets users install ereading apps from all three ebookstores and can gain access to multiple app stores. But the Vox suffers from sometimes laggy performance and a buggy web browser. Unless and until Kobo can fix the performance issues of the Vox with software updates it just isn’t in the same class as the other two tablets. Mostly I will be comparing the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire here, although I will be throwing in the occasional comparison to the Vox as well. The Vox was the first of the three to ship and I have already reviewed it.
Both the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire appear to be solidly constructed, while the Vox has a rather plasticky feel and suffers from a bezel that seems too wide. The Nook Tablet has the same designer looks as its predecessor, the Nook Color. The Kindle Fire is more plain-looking, but I don’t think it looks bad; perhaps functional with no nonsense is an apt description. At any rate I find the Fire to be more comfortable to hold and use one-handed. The Nook Tablet, while it is about a half ounce lighter, is larger than the Fire and feels like it really needs to be held in both hands. The Fire fits much more comfortably in my (rather large) hand.
The displays on both the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire seem equally good to me (with one exception, which I’ll get to), with the Vox again lagging behind. All three devices have great angles of view. All three are equally useless in the sunshine, although they can all be read outdoors in the shade easily enough. The photo above (from left: Kobo Vox, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet) was taken outdoors in the shade of my patio on a sunny winter’s day.
Presumably if you are looking at purchasing one of these reading tablets rather than a full-blown tablet, reading ebooks is one of the primary uses to which you plan on putting it. All three provide a good ebook reading experience, although the Kobo reading app has less features (except for its social reading features, which are probably the strongest). I still prefer reading on an e-ink display rather than on a backlit LCD, but sometimes one wants the color. A backlit screen is also good for situations like reading in bed when a lamp would disturb someone else.
The Fire reading app gives you more type faces to choose from, while the Nook Tablet gives you more background colors. On the Fire I usually read with the sepia background in the daytime. It’s not that I’m a particular fan of sepia, but Amazon only gives you three background color choices. Amazon pairs the sepia background with a brownish black font that is slightly less contrasty than the darker black font B&N uses with its sepia background. I do wish Amazon would offer more background/font color choices. This is increasingly important depending on how light sensitive your eyes are. B&N’s first Nook for iPad app let users set their own background and font colors; I wish we could have that ability again — I was able to come up with some color combinations that were very comfortable on my eyes.
Both the Nook and the Fire let you access device settings and brightness controls from within your ebook. This is convenient as you don’t have to close your book to tweak the brightness level or turn off the Wi-Fi.
The annotations menu of the Nook is more attractive and includes a Share button for sharing quotes on Twitter or Facebook. 
With the Nook Tablet, B&N finally lets its customers read books in landscape mode if they so choose. This feature will also be coming to the Nook Color with an impending update. Other features such as searching and backtracking seem to be adequately supported in both devices. Pagination is better on the Nook as in addition to telling you what page you are on and how many pages the book has it also tells you how many pages are left in the current chapter. All of the Kindle books I’ve opened on the Fire still use the old location system and percentage read instead of showing real page numbers, even when real page numbers are available when the same book is read on an e-ink Kindle.
Shopping for books works well from both the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet, with each eagerly recommending new titles you might be interested in as well as providing easy to find links to bestseller lists, etc. I find especially the Kindle Store display is nicely done on the Fire, but one complaint I have about it is that you cannot add a Kindle book to your wishlist from the Fire.
You can add to your wishlist at B&N from the Nook Tablet and from the e-ink Kindle ereaders you can add to your Amazon wishlist; so I’m not sure why Amazon left the ability out on the Fire. Perhaps Amazon is hoping that we’ll just hit the Buy It Now button since we can’t use the Wishlist? Using the Add to Wishlist button is good discipline for those of us who already have way more ebooks in our virtual stacks than we can possibly read.
Another ability the Fire is in need of is the ability to make new categories or bookshelves to better organize your library. At the moment all you can do is place titles from the Carousel onto the Favorites shelf on the home screen. The Nook Tablet does let you create additional bookshelves and so has a big leg-up when it comes to keeping your library neatly organized.
Another area in which I think the Nook is superior is the virtual keyboard. The keys on the virtual keyboard of the Kindle Fire are too close together when in portrait mode, causing me and my big fingers to make frequent typos. The keys on the Nook Tablet are spaced further apart and I have no problems typing on its keyboard. In landscape mode the Fire’s keyboard is larger and is easy to use.
The Kindle Newsstand now includes a number of digital magazines that are optimized for the Kindle Fire and faithfully reproduce the print editions. The overall presentation is similar to that of Barnes & Noble. Tapping the screen brings up a sliding strip of page thumbnails for rapidly scanning through the magazine. There is a text view mode that make articles easier to read. On both the Nook and Fire you can adjust font size, background, type face, etc. when in text view mode.
While the presentation is similar on both devices, the Nook Tablet seems a bit more polished. Pan and zoom and sliding the thumbnail strip seem to generally work a little bit more smoothly on the Nook, although I did have the magazine app become unstable once, forcing me to reboot. The Nook also adds a couple of embellishments like a 3D effect to the thumbnails and page curls when turning magazine pages.
As for stability issues, I’ve found both the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire to be quite good. On the Nook Tablet I did have to reboot on the one occasion mentioned above. I had to reboot the Fire once when I started a game app and the buttons on the in-game menu were unresponsive.
One of the new features of the Kindle Fire that received a lot of attention pre-launch is Amazon’s Silk web browser, which uses Amazon’s cloud servers to speed up the browsing experience. I found the web browsing experience on both the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet to be generally good and both browsers to be quite quick. I’ve done a number of comparison sets and in one series the Nook will be faster more often while at a different time the Fire will win the series by connecting quicker more often. The relative performance of the two tablet’s browsers seems to just depend on the vagaries of the Internet at any given time. Overall the Kindle Fire does seem to be slightly faster more of the time, but the difference is not usually dramatic.
The Nook Tablet has 16GB onboard memory, of which only 1GB can be used for content not purchased at B&N. There is also a microSD card slot. The Kindle Fire has 8GB of built-in memory and beyond that depends on storage in Amazon’s cloud. Personal documents and other content can be stored in the user’s Kindle archive and downloaded to the Fire, Kindle ereader or other devices equipped with a Kindle app as needed. Music can be stored in the cloud and streamed via the Amazon Cloud Drive. Storage is free for music purchased at Amazon.
When listening to music with earphones both the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire have much better sound quality than the Vox. Between the Fire and the Nook, the Kindle has the stronger bass, while the Nook Tablet to my ears has somewhat clearer mid-range and highs, but slightly muddy bass. The Nook Tablet’s sound quality was also marred by a faint but ever-present and annoying background hiss. The Fire has an equalizer in the music player’s settings that can be played with to tweak the sound a bit. Overall, I think the Kindle Fire has the best sound.
Both the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire come with Netflix and Hulu Plus apps. Netflix worked fine for me on both devices, but the picture quality seems slightly better on the Nook Tablet — colors are just a little brighter and the picture is a little sharper. The Netflix app is the only place I’ve noticed any real difference in display quality between the two, and I expect that this could be fixed at some point by an update to the Netflix app for the Fire.
The Kindle Fire also has access to Amazon’s streaming video services, and for Amazon Prime members there are over 10,000 movies and TV programs that can be streamed for free. While I was not able to get a Netflix app to work properly on the Vox, it does support more video formats than the Nook or Fire. Users of the latter two devices will likely be spending time with Handbrake or a similar program in order to sideload their own videos.
Apps have the capability to make a device useful for more than just reading and watching video, and when it comes to available apps, the Amazon Appstore has more titles to choose from than B&N’s Nook app store. The Vox enjoys the greatest access to apps as it can gain access to the Amazon Appstore and other app sellers in addition to the Getjar store app it comes with.
I’ve only tried a couple of games but, as expected, performance on the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet was a little smoother than on the Vox. The better displays of the Fire and Nook also make for a better gaming experience.
The first video below is an overview of the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet.
The second video below compares the digital magazine reading experience on both tablets, as well as graphic novels, video on Netflix and YouTube, and a bit of game playing on the Kindle Fire.
So which is the best reader tablet?
To my mind the real choice here is between the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet, as the Kobo Vox has issues. Kobo will possibly be able to improve the performance of the Vox and, if so, it may yet prove to be a contender. The Vox’s strong point is that it is not tied to just one content provider. Its weak points are lower performance and a less vibrant display.
I wish I could say that it is a clear-cut choice as to whether the Kindle Fire or the Nook Tablet is better, but I can’t. Both are quite nice for what they do, and both have their own strong points. B&N has been doing the reading tablet thing longer and in some ways the Nook Tablet is a bit more polished, but I would expect Amazon to catch up quickly via software updates. The Nook Tablet has some stronger specs, but the Kindle Fire is backed up by a stronger ecosystem.
To some users, the Nook Tablet’s on-device memory will be more appealing than Amazon’s cloud features. The Nook Tablet will also probably be a better choice for rooting. The Nook Tablet’s better battery life (up to 11.5 hours vs 8 hours) is also appealing. In the end though, I think the choice for most people will depend on which company they prefer doing business with. I like both devices and think that either one will be a good choice if you don’t need the capabilities of a more powerful and more expensive tablet. The Kindle Fire, at $199 does have a price advantage over the Nook Tablet, which is $249.
Personally, I have to say that I prefer the Kindle Fire for my own use. Partly this is because it feels more ergonomic than the Nook Tablet to me, but also because I just like the Kindle platform and the Kindle Store better. Most of my ebooks are Kindle books, and while I still prefer reading them on an e-ink display, the Fire is great when you need color and/or video.
It should be noted that the Kindle Fire does not have all of the abilities that the e-ink based Kindle ereaders have when it comes to organizing and handling text-based content, but that will hopefully change. Since the Fire has been selling so well I would expect and hope for Amazon to bring its capabilities up to the level of the rest of the Kindle family.
I sold my Nook Color to clear some room on my desk (and in my wallet) for the Nook Tablet. If you are wondering if you need to upgrade from the Nook Color, I would say it is probably not necessary for most users. Especially in view of the fact that the NC will be getting what sounds like a major software update in the very near future. The Nook Tablet does have a faster processor, more onboard memory and improved battery life, and will therefore probably make for a more attractive device to root than the NC. The Nook Tablet will also be better for video as it does support more formats. The incoming software update will bring Netflix and Hulu Plus to the Nook Color.
If, on the other hand, you are trying to decide between the Nook Color and the Nook Tablet, I would spend the extra $50 for the tablet. The better specs will provide some future-proofing.
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Kobo launches 2012 Book Club no comments
Kobo has announced a new program for owners of the Kobo Touch and Kobo Touch with Offers ereaders. The Kobo 2012 Book Club will offer a free ebook to members each month during 2012. Owners of the Kobo Touch ereaders in the US and Canada will be enrolled automatically in the program when they register their new ereaders before Mar 31, 2012.
Some of the publishers that will be providing the free ebooks include: e-Reads, F+W Publications, Gooseberry Patch, Harvard Business Review Press, Kensington Publishing and New Word City. The three ebooks that will be offered in January are:
- Pride and Prejudice – The Wild and Wanton Edition by Anabella Bloom & Jane Austen
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Managing People published by Harvard Business Review Press
- Star Wars Vs Star Trek by Matt Forbeck
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Kobo Vox reading tablet – review & video no comments
Kobo managed to beat both Amazon and B&N to market with its tablet offering. Like other Kobo readers I’ve tried before, the Kobo Vox feels like something of a work in progress. When I first turned the Vox on I was greeted by a firmware update that was already available and took awhile to install itself before I could use the tablet.
The Kobo Vox is a bit blocky in appearance and feels rather plasticky. It is slightly thicker than both the Fire and the Nook Tablet. A more rounded edge would probably have made Kobo’s tablet look a little more elegant, and the lip of the case is not perfectly flush with the screen, which gives an impression of somewhat cheap construction. The Vox features Kobo’s trademark quilted back with a nonslip coating which does make it comfortable to hold.
Kobo has thoughtfully placed the speaker on the edge of the Vox, so it does not get muffled when the tablet is laying on its back on a table. Sound is not very loud over the speaker, but is more than loud enough when earphones are used. I did find the bass rather lacking when listening to music with earphones. The Vox will probably not be the best choice for listening to music.
The display of the Vox is nice, although it is nowhere close to the display quality of the Nook Color/Tablet or the Kindle Fire. The viewing angle is good. In spite of any hype you may have seen about the display being suitable for outdoor use (“Enjoy Reading Outdoors with the Most Advanced 7 inch AFFS+ multimedia touchscreen with anti-glare”), it is pretty useless in full sunshine, although it can be read in shade.
I often found the Vox to be a bit laggy when loading apps or in transitions during games. Things like orientation changes and pinch-to-zoom generally work quickly and smoothly. YouTube videos played well for me.
The web browser on the Vox is a bit hit and miss. When it is working properly it seems quick, and features like pinch-to-zoom and orientation changes work smoothly. Sometimes the browser stops working though, and every site I try to load gives me a Webpage Unavailable error, even when the Vox is well connected to my Wi-Fi network.
Sometimes hitting the menu button and closing all except the current window will fix this problem. Sometimes clearing all of the cache, history and cookies has also worked, but occasionally the only way I can get the browser to work properly is to reboot the Vox.
For reading the Vox comes with the Kobo for Android app. One of the Kobo ereading platform’s strongest features is its social reading suite. Reading Life shows your reading stats and awards, While Pulse lets you share your thoughts and comments about a book with other Kobo users. Pulse will also reveal some statistics about the Kobo book you are reading, such as how many other people have read the book and what comments they have made about it. Notes and highlights can be shared on Facebook. Both Reading Life and Pulse are included in Kobo’s Android app. All of the social reading features can be turned off if that is your preference.
Other than the social reading features, I find that the Android app from Kobo is in some ways a bit vanilla. There is a night mode, but no options for differently colored backgrounds other than black. Font size is selected by means of a slider rather than by icons that show the relative size of different fonts, which I prefer. The largest font is about the same size as the largest Kindle font and will be good for readers with visual impairments. There are nine different font styles to choose from. Books can be read in landscape with either one or two pages displayed, but there are no page turning animations if you are into that.
Other reading tools include a slider to quickly navigate through the book, an icon to take one to the table of contents, an info icon that brings up an overview of the book, and an icon to view your notes and highlights. One thing I don’t like is that you cannot make multiple bookmarks anywhere you like — a bookmark is automatically placed at your last-read page. I also am not a big fan of Kobo’s system of chapter-centric pagination. The Kobo for Android app does not currently support PDF files, but you can download a number of apps for that. Neither does the app have a built-in dictionary — getting a definition requires closing down the Kobo reading app and opening the standalone Merriam Webster app that comes preloaded on the Vox.
For digital newspapers and magazines the Vox comes preloaded with PressReader and Zinio. Some of the other apps that come preloaded onto the Vox (like Rdio, Globe2Go, etc.) may be unwanted but it appears one is stuck with them as they seem to be unremovable.
The app store for the Kobo Vox is Getjar, but the selection of apps you have access to there is tailored for the Vox. For example, Getjar does have the Kindle for Android app, but if you sign in with the Vox you will not see it. The Nook app is available at Getjar and can be installed on the Vox.
Getting the Kindle Android app onto the Vox is not difficult. You can use the browser to search for “Kindle APK” (you will probably have to go into the settings and under Applications allow installation of non-Market applications before you can install this).
Or you can simply point the browser to Amazon.com where you should be greeted with a button to “Get Amazon Apps for Android” (this is on Amazon’s mobile site which should open by default on the Vox’s browser) which will enable you to download and install the Kindle app, Amazon Appstore for Android as well as Amazon’s other mobile apps. Other app stores can also be installed on the Vox to give you access to even more apps. The Vox, like other tablets that run versions of Android intended for phones (Android v2.3 in the case of the Vox), cannot access the Android Market.
The fact that you can install ereading apps from multiple ebook sellers does give the Kobo Vox a leg up over both the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet in terms of being able to access ebooks from all three of the major ebooksellers in North America from one device. With access to Amazon’s Appstore, Getjar and other app stores the Vox will have access to 
more apps as well. Now obviously these tablets will get rooted and probably thereby gain access to the Android Market — I’m just talking about what’s available for them out of the box.
The OverDrive Media Console can be installed for borrowing library ebooks. You can download it here (you have to agree to the license to start the download). Adobe Digital Editions unfortunately does not yet recognize the Kobo Vox.
The most recent Netflix APK does not seem to want to install on the Vox. I have also tried a couple of older versions without success. The closest I could get was to be able to sign into my Netflix account and see my queue, but when I tried to play a video the app would force close. Hopefully the Vox will have access to Netflix and Hulu in the future or it will be a major mark against it when compared to the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. Video I’ve played on the Vox has worked fine, both when encountered on the Internet and that which I’ve sideloaded.
My impressions of the Kobo Vox so far are so-so. Kobo is good about continuously improving its ereaders with firmware updates and presumably will be doing the same with the Vox. Once I have been able to use the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire I’ll be able to do some side-by-side comparisons and it will be interesting to see how the Vox holds up. My Kindle Fire arrived last night while I was finishing this up and, while I only have been able to use it for a few minutes, my first impression is that it blows the Vox out of the water.
The one major advantage the Vox does seem to have over the Fire and Nook is that you can get reading apps from all three stores onto it and it will have access to more apps. A few reading apps from Kobo, Wattpad, Aldiko and others are available in the Amazon Appstore for Android, and I was hoping that these would be installable on the Fire. That, unfortunately, is not the case.
The Vox is available now for $199.99 direct from Kobo,or from Best Buy and Fry’s in the US. In Canada the Vox is available from Chapters Indigo Coles, Future Shop, Best Buy and Kobo.
Below is my video review of the Kobo Vox. While I was working on it my Kindle Fire arrived, so it also makes a brief appearance at the end.
Covers and Cases for the Kobo Vox
There are not many covers available yet for the Vox. A couple to look at are the Leather Executive Folio ($20) and the Leather Executive SRX Series Case ($25), both by Kiwi Cases.
