Active Blogs | Popular Blogs | Recent Blogs With Glo, the former Canadian firm (now Japanese) Kobo wants to show that it is always in the race and is ready to do battle with the Dell XPS M1530 excellent Kindle Paperwhite the U.S. Amazon. But can we really compete on equal terms with such a beast? By offering a good reading light and by providing support for a giant supermarket, everything is possible ...
At first glance, just arrived in our hands, the box looks like Kobo Glo any product packaging. It does the job and that's good: it is not there to test XPS M1330 packaging but a reading light! After opening the box, the machine gives us an elegant iteration to the white front and back of a very pretty blue. This is the first good point in that the device comes in different colors (black / black, white / silver, white / pink, white / blue). Fashion victims appreciate.
Light as a feather
In hand, the Latitude E5500 device seems incredibly light. And indeed: with 185 grams on the scale, it is still 27 less than a Kindle Paperwhite! Confusing in the first few minutes, this lightweight will play without a care - and long - taking the reading light with one hand. For the size, it is still below the competition with dimensions 114 x 157 x 10 mm. At least in regard to the width and height, Kobo Glo is thicker than Paperwhite ... 0.9 mm. Only problem: tweaking the camera in all directions means fast light small cracks in the plastic shell. Not really dramatic but a bit annoying as the general feeling actually pretty "toy". In the same vein, the Dell Latitude E6400 screen looks a little too deeply embedded in the casing and finish all clear lack of class.
On the top, we find an exit standby and other ignition / button to switch on the light. On the left side, a Micro SD slot (up to 32GB) while below is the Micro USB port for charging or syncing. The right side is completely blank on the other hand, too bad for him. Power is carried out using a switch to slide laterally (not hold down) not necessarily more relevant as it seemed quite fragile. Admittedly, it does not light reading light every day, but this E6500 Battery button is also used to remove the Kobo Glo standby mode if you do not have a magnetic case. Similarly, the switch on / off the lighting reassuring little more but it is perhaps as a felt, buttons have always responded well to our requests during this test . However, we would like to have in their hands something to the somewhat more robust.
At start, the Kobo Glo poster collection available as thumbnails and access to the online store dedicated. Just like on a tablet, you can scroll through the Dell studio 1555 covers by sliding your finger on the touchpad (with a density of 212 dpi), and if everything responds quite well, we are still very far from feeling provided by a capacitive screen last cry. Electronic ink has its limits! In passing we note that the touted as anti-traces screen seems almost impossible to mark its footprints within dipping his fingers into a barrel of oil before use.
Well, all this is very nice but we did not open a book. And on this point, we must admit that the operating system of Kobo Glo sometimes lack of responsiveness. When pressing on the Dell studio 1558 cover of a book, the device may take a few seconds to react and cause a second pressure of the user, thinking it was too gentle in its action. Result? The eBook opens but has already recorded the second action and move to the next page or return to the previous menu displays, depending on the screen that was requested area. It is rare (we do not open a new book every two hours), but frustrating enough to be reported.
Inner Beauty
Things light up once the heart of the book. If the default font (or size), line spacing, and other lines are not suitable, we can easily modify all with handy sliders. The Kobo TypeGenius technology lets you choose from 8 styles and 24 font sizes. Better, it is possible to adjust the Dell Inspiron 1300 thickness and even the sharpness! On this side, the reading light is a no-fault as much as we can set its own margins and enter text justified or not. For the rest, include the ability to change the playback settings to opt for an ergonomic fit for purpose. Thus, a lefty can hold its Kobo with one hand and press a finger on the left of the screen to move to the next page. Well done!
Access to the dictionary is quick and overall responsiveness during playback does not default, except for select sections that you wish to annotate. It is indeed hard to use cursors selection without repeating several times. Nothing insurmountable but would like to see some progress on that side. For the classic flashing when updating the Dell studio 1535 electronic ink display, no miracle, it is present but may be repeated every six pages so as not to disturb too much reading. As for ghosting text, they seem almost absent from this reading light.
Things start to unravel a bit when using the lighting system. During our test, activating the LED, a little glorious black band appeared at the bottom of the screen. This allows access to the adjustment of the light intensity, but its presence is not trivial. A quick tour of the options later, you realize that it is possible to disable it. And there is the drama. We understand the XPS M1210 purpose of this black band when it was unanswered. A large series of shadows too visible then appears. And unlike the Kindle Paperwhite where the problem exists, here it is more than obvious or very inconvenient to use. We therefore prefer the compromise offered by the black band, if it is not pleasant reading, can at least avoid the phenomenon.
Especially annoying as chosen by Kobo and openly presented as greater than the Paperwhite ("LightLuxe") lighting system is not the most convincing. Where Amazon offers a reading lamp made quite close to a paper book, the compaq presario cq60 illumination of Glo seems more artificial and may give the impression of a large bulb on which we have displayed text. Do not panic, however, the fault is not significant and it is not even used to quickly, but face competition, it just does not make the weight.
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