In a world of mediocre e-book reading tablets with Android, the Vox fits right in. The Good. Slow processor and limited amount of RAM results in sometimes sluggish performance. The Bad. There's so much more to discuss about The Banner Saga, such as its memorable soundtrack, it's nuanced character classes, and its sparing but effective use of voice acting in suitably scandinavian accents - but all you really need to know is that it's a truly top class game.
It's not quite a perfect I actually think the Vox will get a bit better over time. Kobo clearly rushed it out to have something to counter the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet and it's taken some hard knocks from reviewers that's what usually happens when you put out a device with beta software on it. It's gradually making th The compromise you have to make with the Kobo Vox is clear: it is good value for money and you get a tablet that has been reasonably well built and offers a wide variety of features.
But you get neither the best tablet experience nor the best reading device. As a tablet it lacks the Google certifica Kobo has certainly got the pricing of the Vox right and the benefits of a colour screen are certainly attractive. Sadly, the implementation really lets it down, particularly the sluggish performance. We'd rather buy a Kobo eReader Touch and stick with black-and-white content for this price, or save Page turning is fine but you may find yourself wait Maybe one of your friends will find this review helpful?
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Dent , 14 hours ago. Dent , 15 hours ago. It has a 3. There is one speaker built-in to the top-right corner of the device. The placement helps to keep the sound from being muffled, but the speaker is just so-so.
At high volume it starts to crackle. The Kobo ereading app on the Vox is similar to the Android app, but it adds some new features. There are nine font styles, various font sizes, reading stats and awards, and an option for one or two page landscape mode.
The brightness can be adjusted, and unlike many ereader apps that are too bright at the lowest setting, the Kobo app can be adjusted as dim as you want for reading at night, and there's night mode as well—black background with white text.
A unique feature with the Kobo Vox is the integration with Facebook. Once you sign in with your Facebook account, you can leave comments in the book, like it, and view book stats that show who's reading the book now, how many times the book has been read, and view comments other readers have left.
The app supports notes and highlights as well, but launching them takes too long, a good 5 or 6 seconds. With the exception of opening ebooks, which can take anywhere from seconds, the app is generally fast otherwise. I'm not joking when I say the Kobo Touch is faster to add notes and open books. And that's not a dig on the Vox's processor because other ereading apps are as fast as they usually are.
Bottom line: The Kobo Vox app provides some nice features but it feels like it is a work in progress. Personally, I use Aldiko instead. It has more customizable options, loads faster, and supports Kobo's ebooks as well. Plus it supports PDF; the Kobo app doesn't.
One of the coolest things about the Kobo Vox is how open it is. Plus you can install pretty much ereading app you want, including Kindle and Nook. Not to mention the Overdrive app for borrowing library ebooks. The Kobo Vox comes with the stock Android music player that supports common formats listed below and the Rdio app pre-installed.
That's the beauty with an open Android operating system. As mentioned earlier, the speaker is on the side so that helps keep it from being muffled, but the sound quality isn't great. Luckily the headphone jack works well.
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