Kobo Inc.
Kobo Inc. (formerly Short Covers ) is an international bookseller and e-book reader manufacturers. The company is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was founded in 2009. In addition to the production of the e-book reader has its own Kobo reading programs for BlackBerry OS, Apple iOS and Android in the offer.
Kobo has strategic partnerships with Cheung Kong Holdings, WHSmith, Whitcoulls and Fnac. For 2012, the company has announced the launch of an own publishing service.
Kobo is an anagram for the English word for book ( Book).
Kobo was sold on November 8, 2011, the Japanese online retailer Rakuten.
Kobo Book Store
In Kobo Book Store also newspapers and magazines can be purchased and downloaded in addition to e-books.
Devices
The Kobo Touch was at the IFA Berlin (IFA ) 2011 first presented for the German market in a localized version. Kobo relies both on the open e- book file format EPUB and PDF with or without Adobe DRM. In addition, Kobo uses a proprietary ePub - compatible format, which contains additional formatting instructions for Kobo devices.
In September 2012, Kobo has introduced the Arc, Mini Glo and three new models. The two eBook Reader Kobo Kobo Glo and Mini since the end of October 2012 available in Germany.
Kobo Arc
The 189 mm x 120 mm x 11.5 mm and 364 g in weight reading tablet Kobo Arc uses a color 7- inch IPS LCD display with 1280 × 800 pixels. The operating system is a slightly modified version of Android comes 4 used. It is offered in versions with 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB. When Arc is the successor to the Kobo Vox, which is, however, never appeared in Germany.
Kobo Glo
The Kobo Glo measures 157 × 114 × 10 mm and weighs 185 g The Reader has a 6 inch E -Ink Pearl XGA display with 1024 × 758 and triggers pixels on (212 dpi). Using a thin film lighting the screen is readable even in the dark without an external light source. The illumination of the film takes place by five seated under LEDs. Kobo advertises that the technique in comparison to a regular backlit LCD screen is supposed to be easy on the eyes. The battery life is reduced when continuously activated illumination to a maximum of 70 hours.
The device is operated via an infrared touch screen. The 2 GB of internal memory can be expanded with a microSD memory card. Can be accessed via the integrated WiFi-802.11-b/g/n-Verbindung on the integrated eBook Store. The Kobo Glo is available in black and white (this model with backs in silver, pink or blue) are available.
Kobo Mini
When Kobo Mini is a 5-inch e- book reader with an E Ink Pearl display and 800 × 600 pixels (200 dpi). It weighs 134 grams and measures 133.1 × 101.6 × 10.3 mm. He is currently the smallest and lightest e-reader on the market. The Kobo Mini has a built-in WiFi 802.11 b / g / n connection.
Kobo Touch
When Kobo Touch is a 6 inch E -book Reader with E-Ink Pearl display technology and an infrared touch screen. The internal memory is 2 GB and can be expanded with a microSD memory card. The Kobo Touch was next to the Amazon Kindle one of the first available in Germany eBook Reader with built-in eBook store, on which you can via the built-in WiFi 802.11 b / g / n connection access. The device is available in black, silver, blue, lavender and white.
The exclusive distribution partner in Germany and Austria for the official launch on 14 November 2011, the online retailer Dixons. Meanwhile, the Kobo Touch is available in retail stores.
Kobo Aura HD
The Kobo Aura HD has a 6.8 inch E - Ink display with a resolution of 1440x1080 ( 265ppi ) and has a backlight, and an SD card slot. The processor is clocked at 1 Ghz. The available memory is 4 GB in size. The unit is on the market since April 2013. The Kobo Aura HD supports ePub, PDF, MOBI, TXT, (X ) HTML, RTF, CBZ and CBR files as well as JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF image formats. The built-in wireless interface supports standard Wi -Fi 802.11 b / g / n. The device weighs 240 grams.