Kobo Vox Amazon Kindle Fire

And ‘we begin shipping the new ebook reader Kobo Vox, available at a competitive price of $ 199. This is an affordable and not too sophisticated, since it does not offer 3G connectivity (WiFi has one) let alone a camera. However, it seems that Vox has the potential to challenge Amazon Kindle Fire which is a cornerstone of the class. It ‘likely that one of its strengths is the adoption of the Google Android operating system.

Even Kindle Fire shall take the Google OS, but its interface has been customized to make the device more similar to an e-reader than a tablet. Kobo Vox aims rather traditional Android interface, so dear to those who are already familiar with the OS of the Mountain View giant. Kobo Vox natively integrates the social reading app owner, Life Reading, and Kobo Pulse, a feature that puts the social features right into the pages of books via a dedicated button.

Pulse Kobo, in essence, turns reading an eBook into something more, which involves the field of social netwoking to 360 degrees. It will be easy, for example, liaise with all players in the world are reading the same ebook that interests us. From a technical standpoint, Kobo Vox uses a display based on a special anti-glare technology that makes it easier to read, even in outdoor environments where lighting is often a problem for most devices.

The panel is 7 inches and is based on capacitive multitouch technology. Operates at a resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels. It ‘a slot for microSD storage that extends the power of content provided by the internal memory of 8 GB. The battery powers the device for about 7 hours and adopted by the Canadian producer processor operates at a frequency of 800 MHz (1 GHz against the Kindle’s Fire). The weight of Kobo Vox is close to 400 grams.