12/10/2023 0 Comments Vox player reviewsThere were no visuals or images and the project mainly just sounded good on paper. The CEO disclosed the company was working on a new social media tool and briefly described how it worked. Kobo has packaged very unique programs with the Vox and one that stands out is “Kobo Pulse.” Pulse was initially unveiled at the big Facebook Developer conference a few weeks ago. Honestly, I did not really notice any kind of unique GUI or UI at all, so Android users will feel right at home. The user interface on on the Nook Color is heavily modified and if you were not a huge tech user, you would never even know it was Android. The Kobo Vox runs the Google Android 2.3 operating system and the GUI is not as evident as with the Nook Color. It quickly went from landscape to portrait mode and the hardware made menus load fairly quick. That is a good thing, it was my favorite Android device of 2010. The Kobo Vox feels slick in your hands and really reminded me of the original Samsung Galaxy Tab that was released last year. It does not seem to be made of the same material as the ones found on the e-ink variants. The quilt on the Vox honestly looks more polished and does not look cheap. You are greeted with the standard quilted background that is popular with the Kobo Touch and WIFI. The back of the unit is fairly clean and simplistic. Some of the nagging problems are solved with physical buttons to press. If things start to slow down or crash altogether you have to physically reboot it. I like these sorts of buttons on the unit because frequently tablets are made to be purely software driven. You have the options for Back, Settings, and Home. The front of the unit sports physical home touch panels for the standard Android fair. On the left hand side there is a microSD port and button includes Micro USB to charge the unit and facilitate a data connection. On the right hand side of the unit is your volume button to physically adjust it. There is a single press down power button and not the slider variant you see packaged with most e-readers and tablets. You might want to take advantage of the 3.5 mm headphone jack on the bottom. It is a single mono speaker and does emit fair quality music or audio books when turned to maximum. At the top there is a speaker on the right hand side. Let’s take a look at the form factor and the physical buttons on the unit. When they did load, page turn speed was fast. I did notice graphics intensive books, such as graphic novels, comics, and PDF files sometimes took a while to load up. Scrolling through various menus was very snappy and apps seemed to load fairly quickly. Things move fast with the 800 MHZ CPU processor and 512 MB of RAM. I wish they would have thought about that small level of protection, because people frequently take their device out on holidays, exposing it to all different kinds of elements. It does not have a protective clasp made of rubber or anything else so dust does not get into it. Most Kobo devices just have a simple drive that you insert your card into. This seems like a fine amount of space to store your video, audio, and books. It has 8 GB of internal memory and you can expand it up to 32 GB via the MicroSD card. Many of the apps, books, and menus maintained Landscape/Portrait orientations, but the main screen did not switch. The colors absolutely pop on this unit and the entire interface of the new apps the company released are optimized to fit the screen. The Kobo Vox features a 7 inch capacitive multi-touchscreen display with a resolution of 1025×600. We just got back from Toronto, where we were at the Kobo HQ and got a full hands on review a few days before it officially comes out! It will be competitively priced at $199 vs. Kobo will be releasing their first tablet dubbed “Vox” this Friday at Chapters/Indigo locations and from their website in the USA.
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