Kindle Fire Tablet Review

Amazon has long been a leader in the digital media world having amassed and empire of mp3s, books and movies. They have long dominated the digital ereader market with their best selling Kindle. But they have been noticeably absent from the tablet market one that has long been dominated by apple. Recently Amazon has announced that it will be putting a tablet named the Kindle Fire Tablet on sale and it has generated a lot of buzz. But will it be a success? Can it take over the iPad? Let's take a closer look.

One of the first things that Amazon did to really try to entice people to buy the Kindle Fire is to offer it at the lowest price (for a tablet of that magnitude). They are planning on selling the cheap Kindle Fire for just under 200 dollars. This is a huge price savings as many of the other tablets can cost up to 500 dollars retail.

But they didn't stop there. In order to compete with the popularity of the iPad, Amazon pumped the tablet full of performance enhancing features. They started by using a dual core processor just like the Apple iPad does. This feature allows the Fire to handle multitasking with ease; so you can download a movie while you are checking your email or listen to mp3s while surfing the web. It also enhances the video streaming capability. The Amazon Fire is made to sync up with the massive media selection to provide seamless streaming of their 100,000 videos and TV shows and fast downloads of their books, magazines and mp3s.

Another standout feature of the Kindle tablet is the display screen. Because Amazon wanted to make this a very media friendly device, they included the revolutionary in-plane switching technology to their display. What this does is allows viewers to see the screen from many different angles making it easy to share a book or a movie with a friend. The screen also uses a very rich display that features over 16 million colors and 169 pixels per inch; this provides for some of the deepest and richest colors you can get.

Then there is their customized browser that was made specially for the Fire. This web browser, which is called Silk, uses a special technology which splits the task of loading a webpage such that your tablet is doing part of the work while a cloud based computer does the other part. Since you have two computers working on serving up the webpage the loading goes that much faster making for a fast and intuitive feel to web browsing. Another big benefit is that Silk supports Adobe Flash allowing you to watch all sorts of streaming videos (such as YouTube, Hulu, etc.).

Kindle Fire Tablet Review

Kobo Review on the New Glo

By Sebastian Cork


Kobo is an underdog when it comes to the competition of which brand takes over the reign in the e-reader manufacturing industry. The brand is truthfully less known if compared to Amazon, the maker of the best selling Kindle series of e-readers. However, it's indeed quite interesting to note that the brand is getting some good share of the market sales lately, and that is mainly because of a product they call as the Kobo Glo. It is a highly advanced e-reading device that sports a new technology by the name of the integrated light features.

There's a valid reason why the majority of Kobo review and opinions online are positive these days. One positive example is the fact that most of their devices are priced conveniently and a lot cheaper than competing brands. For instance, the Kobo Glo is priced at merely $130. Actually, it's kind of outrageous to hear it at first, but then again, it's true. It is therefore ideal for those who are looking forward to enjoying the experience of reading books electronically without having to spend too much. And even if the price is inexpensive, the e-reader is capable of showing a resolution of 1024 x 760 pixels, coupled with a 6-inch e-ink screen display technology. Additionally, there's a touch screen interface, which is pretty common to all e-readers.

Pretty much similar in most features of its predecessors, the Kobo Glo also comes with a front lighting technology. The same technology is responsible for displaying the highest quality of text in the screen. And because of such a feature, it is considered by the critics as the most significant and valuable e-reader from Kobo since the Nook. The lighting technology has a thin layer of film beneath the screen, which in turn disperses light with perfect and balance distribution all throughout the screen.

The presentation of the Kobo Glo to the consumer market paved the way to the unveiling of another breakthrough innovation in e-reader design. This time, there is a practically revamped user interface combined with new font styles. These latest fonts are great news for those who really spend most of their time reading books. And with better and improved resolution, a lot of people are saying that it is much more advanced than the Nook. Aside from the user interface, the classic Kobo stuff like built-in dictionary and social reading is retained.

Furthermore, the specs of the devices provides substantial improvement as well. For instance, the overall weight has become lighter, particularly at 6.52 ounces. The Kobo Glo's body is also much thinner, hence making it appear smaller. Even so, the most significant improvement would be the increased battery life. One can enjoy reading for 55 straight hours with the light on based on a single charge. That's really convenient because you don't have to charge the device after just a few hours of reading.

Overall, it's good to read Kobo reviews and expert opinions online if you really wish to find out if the device is worth a try. But remember that when you're looking for a multimedia tablet computer, it's not the kind of product you should be looking at. But if you're fond of reading a lot of books, then the Kobo Glo will certainly a good choice.




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