One of my key complaints about the Voyage was that it didn’t have suitably fine graduations in font size to make the most of its high-resolution display. Kobo has included a lot of fonts here too, with 11 different typefaces, each in 48 sizes. ^ With the settings tweaked my preferences, the Kobo has finer text with smaller margins, but you can’t remove the information at the top and bottom of the screen In fact it’s hard to see that 6in eReaders will ever need sharper screens than this. Text is incredibly sharp, right down to a size we’re not comfortable reading. It’s very bright at the maximum setting and essentially off at the bottom, there’s plenty of find play in between, as with the Paperwhite, so you should be able to set it just right for you. The backlight provides a very even, clear light, that tends that’s a little cooler-looking than the Paperwhite’s, which I rather liked. The lack of a light sensor aside, the display on the Kobo Glo HD is excellent. But best of all the Voyage has an ambient light sensor, so it adjusts its backlight to the conditions – amazingly a first for eReaders. Its rear panel has a stylish angular design too. As well as the power button there are pressure sensitive page-turn buttons on either side of the screen. The Voyage meanwhile has a bezel-free front panel, more like a tablet than an eReader, making it easy to swipe across the screen. ^ The rubbery pack does pick up fingerprints, but it’s easy to grip The rear panel has a stippled, rubbery finish that makes it easy to keep a hold of, but I also found it picked up bits of detritus too. The Kobo has a pretty traditional design, with a raised screen bezel around the touchscreen display and a single button to turn the device on-and-off. Technically that puts it closer to Amazon’s top end Voyage eReader, which costs £60 more, but the Glo HD’s not quite in that class design-wise. The screen is the big deal here, with 300 pixels-per-inch it’s as sharp as Amazon’s finest at a far lower price No, Kobo supports the ePub standard for eBooks, which is used by practically every book store except Amazon Kobo’s latest eBook reader with a super-detailed display On paper (or rather on E Ink) it’s simply better. It has double the storage at 4GB (around 3,000 eBooks) and far more font options too. It’s lighter than the paperwhite by over 10% smaller too at 157x115x9.2mm, notably shaving 12mm off the height of the Paperwhite. Its E Ink screen has almost double the resolution, with 1,448×1,072 pixels for 300 pixels-per-inch. ^ The Kobo Glo HD is smaller than Amazon’s ageing Paperwhite, so it’ll fit more pockets So confident is Kobo of its superiority that it provides a neat run down of comparative specifications on its website. The Kobo Glo HD shakes that up though, with hardware that puts Amazon’s current mid-range offering to shame.Īt £110 the Kobo Glo HD goes head-to-head with the Amazon Paperwhite, which I use personally. For a long time, Amazon not only had the best range of books and the lowest prices, it also had great hardware at competitive prices – a tough act to follow. This video should give you all the information you need to decide whether you want the Glo or not.Kobo has worked its way through the pack to become the clear competitor to Amazon’s dominance in eBook readers. Since the Kobo Touch has been on the market for around eight months now, many people are wondering if it’s worth it to upgrade to the latest and greatest model. The Kobo store has different options with the new Kobo Glo, and we show you what they are and how you can tap into millions of free ebooks. Aside from the new Glo feature, there are small differences with both these units and we show you everything! We included collections, ebooks, PDF files, pictures, and other media content. The essence of this video is to talk you through the subtle differences on a hardware and software level. Welcome to another Good e-Reader Comparison Video! In the last few days, many new devices have hit the market and our tech lab has been in overdrive! No, we’re not talking about borrowing books from the library, but working hard to test out the new Kobo Glo! This e-reader just came out today and we pit it head to head against the previous generation Kobo Touch.
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