![]() ![]() Besides video playback, you can play music through the interface. Still, headphones or hooking up to a speaker system either with a mini-jack or Bluetooth will take care of those shortcomings.Īnother entertainment alternative is the micro HDMI socket, that sits between the headphone and micro USB port for charging and file transfer. There are EQ settings but don’t expect to hear more bass with any tweaks, just less treble. The speakers at the back are stereo – and you can hear the separation too – but in terms of volume, they appear to have been designed for use in a library, as they whisper rather than bellow. ![]() However, at about £40 cheaper than most tablets of this size and resolution, Kobo does at least make compensations.Īs far as audio-visual excitement goes, you have 1.3Mp front facing webcam, built-in mic and a headphone socket. There’s 16GB of storage on-board, but alas no micro SD expansion. Running the show on the Arc 10HD is a 1.8GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4 T40S chipset and 2GB of DDR3L RAM. Reader-friendly shape and doesn't get too warm eitherĪt 253 x 172 x 10mm and 627g it makes no claims to be the lightest or the slimmest and has an angular, soft-touch back that makes it easier for the reader to grasp. On the 10-incher I have in my hand, these enhancements take advantage of the larger form factor, adding oodles of of eye candy with its 2560 x 1600 pixel, 300ppi display (a higher resolution than that of the the Air at 2048 x 1536 pixels and a 264ppi display). This window dressing features customisable Collections to organise content from disparate sources. Yet Kobo and co reckon that if you’re a bookworm at heart but want more than just an e-reader, then it can offer that little bit extra with some bespoke software enticements.Ĭertainly, Kobo has revised its Tapestries interface – first seen earlier this year on its 7in Arc tablet – to deliver an entirely different bookshelf experience on its latest Arc 7HD and Arc 10HD. Why you’d want to buy a bookseller-branded Android tablet over one provided by a seasoned tech vendor is another matter. Each has their own store too, with various format foibles. The likes of Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo, to name a few, have their fingers in both pies, churning out e-ink one-trick ponies for the discerning reader with a glacial battery life chalking up weeks, as well as offering all-colour Googlefests on tablets that run for a matter of hours. ![]()
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