![]() ![]() The tapestries can be deleted and moved, as well. Items can be pinned to the home screen and within the tapestries on the Kobo Arc. They also allow you to 'pin' certain pieces of content including webpages, YouTube videos and books to the home screen for quicker access via the sharing menu. Tapestries are a kind of folders that include a set of app icons and related widgets. Two elements that differentiate the Kobo Arc from any other Android tablet are Tapestries and a Discover recommendation feeds, both of which are present on the home screen. The Arc comes with Google's apps in addition to Kobo's 'eBooks' store and library. The Kobo Arc tablet runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and has not been skinned at a deeper level, unlike Amazon's Kindle Fire HD tablets that run a forked version of the OS devoid of all the Google apps. ![]() Pictures taken with the camera were functional at best. The stock Camera app is also available for taking pictures or recording videos through the front camera complete with settings for White Balance, Exposure, Sharpness, Brightness, Contrast, ISO, among other options. The Kobo Arc comes with a 1.3-megapixel front facing camera with autofocus that can capture up to 720p videos, making it ideal for video calls through VoIP apps like Skype. We also found that the the screen was a bit prone to smudges. However, we observed that the sunlight legibility on the tablet was average and the screen was very reflective. It is ideal for use as an e-book or magazine reader as text appeared sharp and images vivid. The display is bright, vibrant, and offers good viewing angles. The Kobo Arc tablet sports a 7-inch display featuring a resolution of 1280x800 pixels and pixel density of 215ppi. ![]() The back of the tablet features a rubberised soft quilted material with a diamond pattern and some Kobo branding. The right edge features a 3.5mm headphone jack and the volume rocker keys, while the top one sports the Power/ screen lock key, with the Micro-USB port placed at the bottom edge of the Kobo Arc. The two front speakers sit below the Kobo Arc's display, while the 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, the sensor array and microphone are place above it. The screen is not at the same level as that of the bezel, which is a bit raised. The Kobo Arc's front panel comprises a thick frame made of high quality plastic that surrounds the tablet's 7-inch screen. The tablet comes in Black and White colour variants and we got a White one as our review unit. The Kobo Arc looks more like a 7-inch e-book reader with the placement of the camera and two front speakers done keeping in mind that users would majorly hold it in portrait mode. We try to find out if Kobo's been able to strike a balance between an e-reading device and a full-featured Android tablet, in our review. So, in a way it also competes with other 7-inch Android tablets like the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Tab 3. However, it also features the Google Play Store and Google's natives app, that are missing from Amazon's Kindle offering. As with the Kindle Fire tablet, Kobo's Arc tablet is deeply integrated with Kobo's 'eBooks'Įcosystem, which is also one of the USPs of the tablets. Kobo's Android tablet is called the Kobo Arc and competes with the likes of the Kindle Fire HD. Tablets made by e-book reader companies are essentially multimedia capable devices made to please users who're looking to invest in e-books but don't want an e-ink display and want their device to do much more. Canadian e-reader maker, Kobo, recently launched three of its e-readers (it calls them eReaders), and a 7-inch Android tablet, in the Indian market. ![]()
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