12/23/2023 0 Comments Kobo tablet![]() For example we made a Good e-Reader collection with our website added and anytime a new article is added you get a notification and the live tile updates. This is useful if you want one collection for videos, one for websites or another few for eBooks. Each collection can be a standalone or can have sub-collections within it. The one thing that no other device does is put Pocket articles, Youtube videos and websites in your collection. Most e-readers and tablets often have books that you can add, which this does quite well. ![]() The last screen is your collections, which is the heart and soul of the Arc 7 HD. ![]() This screen is the most colorful and vibrant due to the sheer amount of cover art. If you have any new content synced over from Pocket, it will also appear here. It will also give you customized book offers based on your past purchases. The second screen is a compilation of all books you have added to the tablet recently or have purchased. The home screen mainly has your widgets and apps you want to have quick access to. One thing I liked was a picture frame on the tablet that you can use the front-facing camera to snap a picture of you, and be greeted by yourself whenever you turn in on. Instead of a vanilla Android experience they have customized the home screen and your various sub-screens that are accessed by swiping from the left to the right. The Kobo UI is the most compelling aspect and it certainly stands out in a crowd of cookie cutter tablets. This tablet is Google certified, which means you have Gmail, Maps, Chrome and the Play market available to get more apps. The Kobo Arc 7 HD is running Google Android 4.2.2 and right out of the box a 200 MB update is waiting for you. The WIFI can also get spotty at times, if you don’t have a strong connection the UI will crash when you access your collections, because a ton of content is dependent on the internet. The speakers are the con strike against it, as they are muffled when the tablet is laying on its back. On a pure hardware level the Arc 7 HD is a very solid mid-range device. I found the front facing stereo speakers on the original Arc tablet are actually better than the one found on this device. The speaker is actually positioned right at the top of the device, and looks to be creeping to the top of bezel. Other ports include Micro USB, 3.5 mm headphone jack, front facing 1.3 MP camera and a rear facing speaker. This is very useful, as not many e-reading focused tablets even bother with HDMI. This will allow you to hook it up to your television or projector. One thing Kobo has added to the Arc HD is the inclusion of a Micro HDMI port. ![]() There is no expandable storage with this model, so make sure you buy the one that suits your needs. There is also 1 GB of RAM and 16/32 GB variants for storage space. Underneath the hood is an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor that is running a very solid 1.7 GHZ. This is quite an upgrade in screen technology over the original Arc, which only had 1280 x 800 HD resolution and 215 PPI. It currently has over 323 PPI and will play back videos in pure 1080p. The Kobo Arc HD features a seven inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels. There are lots of new tablets hitting the market right now to take advantage of the holiday season, how does this stack up against the competition? The company has ditched the tapestries UI that they spent a long time developing and gravitated towards a very unique way of accessing your content and adding not only eBooks to your collection, but videos and websites. Kobo has just commercially released their brand new 7 inch HD tablet this week and they bill it as an e-Reader device.
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