The ComfortLight touchscreen is both beautiful, responsive, and easy on the eyes. Minimalist physical design. Good OS and highly customisable
While the battery life isn't horrible, I wish it lasted a little longer. The high level of font customisation could prove confusing or troublesome for older, non-techie users
For a suggested retail price of £99.99 the Kobo Glo is twice as expensive as the Nook, but still £10 cheaper than the new Kindle Paperwhite. But the Glo more than makes up for its double price over the Nook in both form and function, and at £10 cheaper t...
Published: 2013-05-04, Author: James , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: At the opposite end of the spectrum to the Kobo Mini is the Kobo Glo. Where the Mini has been aimed at a market neglected by Amazon, the Kobo Glo is positioned as an obvious competitor to the Kindle Paperwhite. A foolhardy quest, perhaps, but one with the...
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Published: 2013-04-30, Author: David , review by: uk.hardware.info
There's probably only one other e-reader that's better than the Kobo Glo, and that's the recently announced Kobo Auro which features a 6.8-inch display with a resolution of 1440x1080 and a pixel density of 265 dpi. That's getting close to the print qual...
Abstract: Either of these would qualify as the smallest dedicated book reader that I have seen so let's start with the larger.The Kobo Glo measures 15.5x11.5x1cm and weighs 183grams. Mine was white with a pinkie red back. It has two buttons on the top a micro USB c...
Abstract: Kobo has been producing good ebook readers for some time, keeping pace with Amazon's Kindle and even beating the bookseller to the launch of a touchscreen reader. Now Kobo has launched an ereader with a backlight at the same time as Amazon's Kindle Pap...
Touchscreen, Good finishing, Adjustable backlighting, Highly responsive, Good contrast, Multilingual dictionaries, Library, Builtin web browser, Lots of file formats, including CBZ and CBR for comic books, Up to 38,000 books with a memory card
No multitouch, No 3G, No audio settings, so no voice recognition, No charger
There are lots of reasons to get the Kobo Glo. It's intuitive, user-friendly and responsive. The backlighting is the perfect answer to all those who wish they could use their e-readers low lighting. And having access to the WH Smith e-book collection is a...
User-friendly, bright screen, ePub support, good value, expandable storage
Touchscreen not always responsive, boxy design
The Kobo Glo is a great e-reader, and the rather functional design is more than made up for by the device’s light, its ease of use and open approach to e-book formats....
The Glo isn’t a bad e-reader, and Kobo has an impressively well-stocked e-book shop ready to fill it. Its UI is up to the job. But though e-readers are now as cheap as chips, they don’t have to feel like they cost almost nothing to make. Unfortunately...
Abstract: No eReader maker worth its salt can fail to have a device in its portfolio which lights up for night reading. We've already looked at the Nook Simple Touch GlowLight , and the Kindle Paperwhite and now we come to Kobo's simply named Glo. See eReader revie...
