RealClear Summary
Posted On February 25, 2013
While Kobo was late to the glowing e-reader party, it appears to have been worth the wait. The Kobo Glo is a 6-inch, Wi-Fi enabled e-reader with a 1024 x 768 touch screen, e-ink display. It uses the company's ComfortLight technology to illuminate the display for reading in the dark.
The $129 Glo offers 2GB of built-in memory with a microSD card slot on hand to expand capacity as your library grows. Kobo claims you'll enjoy a month's worth of battery life based on 30 minutes of reading per day. It's lighter than Kindle's PaperWhite (but not the Nook) at 6.5 ounces.
While the Glo is $10 more expensive than similar e-readers from Amazon and Barnes and Noble, reviewers said it offered the best lighting technology of the bunch. While Kobo doesn't boast as extensive an e-book library as Amazon, it does support a wider range of e-book formats for those who briddle at the thought of walled gardens.
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Once again, Kobo has produced a solid little reader. The Glo's got the features that helped make the last-generation Touch a nice device, this time coupled with a front-light...
The Kobo Glo is an impressive ebook reader with solid edge-lighting and a surprisingly robust app ecosystem.
The Kobo Glo is a handy little e-reader that offers both lightweight portability-even compared to its competitors-and a built-in light for reading in the dark. Unfortunately, it's no...
The ComfortLight is perfectly executed at the first time of asking on the Kobo Glo, and makes a great option on an e-reader whose all-round quality and versatility comes at the price...
The new Kobo Glo is a delightful surprise waiting to be discovered. Unlike the Nook and Kindle, the Glo has nearly eliminated the lighting inconsistencies that plague the other two...
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with the Kobo Glo, but it does suffer from a similar problem that Android tablets used to when compared to the iPad; it's only slightly cheaper, so...
The Kobo Glo is an excellent Kindle alternative, especially for readers seeking EPUB compatibility and international options.
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