Once you’ve got something to read the Glo does a nice job of letting you read it. If you want a device that does eBooks and audiobooks, you’ll need to look elsewhere.
Still, pick and choose and there are some very affordable bestsellers to be found, and it’s not unusual to find new hardback releases or big name paperback releases available at similar prices on Kindle, WH Smith, Waterstones and Kobo.īe warned that, like the Kobo Touch, the Kobo Glo lacks any audiobook support. The only real issue is that, despite the odd bargain, none of Kobo’s eBook sources rivals Amazon’s Kindle store for price on a wide range of books, with – based on an admittedly small sample - many books available on Kindle at £5.49 or less appearing on the Kobo or WH Smith stores for £6.99 or more.
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You can also shop within WH Smith’s own eBook store and transfer them to the Glo from there, or buy Adobe DRM-protected (or unprotected) eBooks from anywhere that sells them (including Waterstones) and transfer them with Adobe Digital Editions (though you’ll need to download this separately).Īll methods work, and you can’t fault Kobo Desktop when it comes to being easy to use.
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You can buy books on the reader direct from Kobo’s online store over a Wi-Fi connection, or, once you have the Kobo Desktop software installed, you can purchase books within the application and transfer them to your Glo over USB. Buying and Transferring BooksĪn eBook Reader is no good without any books, and here you have several options. Without a Simple Touch GloLight or a Paperwhite in front of me it’s impossible to make meaningful comparisons, but ComfortLight appears to be as effective as you might hope it to be. The light comes from the bottom of the screen, but it’s dispersed very evenly across the surface, and while the colour goes slightly red if you view the screen from either side, it’s neutral while you’re actually reading.
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A small icon in the bottom-left of the screen opens a brightness slider with roughly 12 levels of brightness, so while there’s some glare when you’re running at full tilt, it’s not hard to get a balance between that and legibility. The whole screen seems to glow gently, and text becomes readable in anything from dim natural sunlight to pitch blackness. Press the button at the top and it’s a whole new ball game. In any case, it’s as nice and comfortable to read on as any eBook Reader screen that I’ve yet come across, and superb at handling graphics and illustrations. We also understand the screen has a micro-thin overlay to diffuse the light and protect the screen, which might have a very minor impact on contrast with the light turned off. Thanks to the higher-than-normal resolution text looks very smooth and any inlaid graphics or line-art look impressively detailed, though the delta over the Kindle Touch’s 600 x 800 screen isn’t actually that pronounced. The screen is, of course, the Kobo Glo’s big selling point, giving you all the benefits of a conventional e-ink display with one of the major advantages of a tablet screen you can actually see it in the dark.
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