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I'm a big fan of not going to sleep with a headache. Or, more specifically, not going to sleep with an LCD-induced headache.For years, I told myself that reading on my tablet would not affect my sleep, and therefore not my waking life, and that continued...
Excellent display and battery life, Good book selection, Consistent performance, responsive touchscreen, Well-built...
Lacks a service to rival Amazon's all-you-can-eat Kindle Unlimited, No expandable storage, The Kobo Glo HD is available from kobobooks.com for $139 CAD...
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Apart from a slightly raised Kobo logo on the bottom bezel, the front of the Glo HD is free of any decoration although there are some hard-to-distinguish marks running along the bottom of the unit. These marks are positioned either side of a pinhole reset...
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Where once there was a big range of devices, including the venerable old Sonys, and a selection of stores, there are fewer places than there used to be. Amazon's juggernaut has swept many away, while stores like WH Smith and Sony's own site decided to sto...
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digitalversus.com Updated:
2015-09-11 15:32:02
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Even if you're reading for hours on end, the Glo HD is comfortable to hold. At 157 x 114 x 10 mm and 180 g (6.2 x 4.5 x 0.4" and 6.3 oz), it's exactly the same size and weight as the Glo. But whereas the older model comes in a range of colours, the Glo HD...
Sharp, wellcontrasted screen, Stylish and comfortable, Fast, Homogenous frontlighting, Reading statistics, Wide range of formats, including CBZ and CBR for comics, Free helpline...
Memory not expandable, No audio controls and no texttospeech, Soso for PDFs...
The Kobo Glo HD delivers on its big promise of upgrading the screen to close to the standard of a printed page. The design improvements are also good. Overall, this e-reader is easy and intuitive to use...
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The e-reader market has been hit hard by the advent of tablets, as their high-resolution displays and auto-brightness features make reading onscreen more appealing than ever. However, there's still something to be said for the feel and simplicity of an e-...
The Kobo Glo HD may not have the premium style and sheen of Amazon's Voyage, then, but for the price you'd be hard-pressed to find anything better. It's £69 cheaper than the Voyage, and the same price as a standard Kindle Paperwhite, compared with which t...
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At £110 the Kobo Glo HD goes head-to-head with the Amazon Paperwhite , which I use personally. So confident is Kobo of its superiority that it provides a neat run down of comparative specifications on its website. And it’s pretty persuasive stuff.^ The Ko...
Amazon sells many times more eBooks than anyone else, which may be why it looks to have become a little complacent when it comes to hardware, The price of the Voyage will have to drop significantly, or the Paperwhite will need a big upgrade, in order to...
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How do you compete with Kindle if you're an ebook reader? It rules the ebook reader scene like the iPod used to do in MP3-town before the mean old iPhone came along and levelled all the houses.Does it even have a chance? That's the Kobo Glo HD's problem.I...
Super-sharp screen, Grippy back, Good battery life...
Kobo store lags behind Amazon, Not all that pretty, is it?, A bit slower than the top Kindles...
The Kobo Glo HD aces what matters most in an ereader: the screen It's not flash like the Kobo Aura HD, it's not next-gen like the Kindle Voyage and it's not water resistant like the Kobo H2O. However, the Kobo Glo HD aces one of the most important aspect...
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Many who already own an ereader are happy with their purchases and it's a real struggle for companies such as Amazon or Kobo to get them to upgrade as their so happy with their purchases.Kobo's CEO Michael Tamblyn told me the aim of this device is to get...
Nice display, Cheap price...
Not the strongest store, Strange power button...
Kobo's Glo HD is a cheap ereader offering an all round good reading experience with a light design, easy to fit into any bag and take on the go...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2015-09-11 15:32:11
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Many who already own an ereader are happy with their purchases and it's a real struggle for companies such as Amazon or Kobo to get them to upgrade as their so happy with their purchases.Kobo's CEO Michael Tamblyn told me the aim of this device is to ge...
Nice display, Cheap price...
Not the strongest store, Strange power button...
Kobo's Glo HD is a cheap ereader offering an all round good reading experience with a light design, easy to fit into any bag and take on the go...
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There's a lot to be said for a device that makes you want to keep reading anywhere and anytime, and Kobo's Glo HD e-book reader is such a device. It contains a 6-inch screen that makes use of Carta E Ink screen technology, and it's as easy on the eyes as...
Screen is easy on the eyes, Choice of content, Price is competitive...
Glossy border around screen can be annoying at times...
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alphr.com Updated:
2015-10-01 07:12:17
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The e-reader market has been hit hard by the advent of tablets, as their high-resolution displays and auto-brightness features make reading onscreen more appealing than ever. However, there's still something to be said for the feel and simplicity of an e-...
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There's a lot to be said for a device that makes you want to keep reading anywhere and anytime, and Kobo's Glo HD e-book reader is such a device. It contains a 6-inch screen that makes use of Carta E Ink screen technology, and it's as easy on the eyes as...
Screen is easy on the eyes, Choice of content, Price is competitive...
Glossy border around screen can be annoying at times...
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The Kobo Glo HD isn't Rakuten's most recent e-reader. At the time of this review, that title belonged to the Kobo Aura One. It's not the company's least expensive e-reader, either—that would be the Kobo Touch 2.0, which we hope to review soon. The Kobo Gl...
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Here in the summer of '15, we just got our e-mitts on one, and, in a sense, we're glad we got it after we reviewed Amazon's latest Kindle. As we discuss in the review below, the Glo HD is a worthy competitor to Amazon's best e-readers—even Amazon's 2015 m...
Built-in lighting and sharp resolution, Smaller and lighter than Kindle Paperwhite and Voyage, Superb font controls and onscreen keyboard, Competitive pricing, EPub support...
Cannot tap Amazon's ecosystem, and the synergies thereof (such as Amazon Prime), No MicroSD slot, in contrast to other Kobos...
The Glo HD competes well with Amazon's latest Kindle Paperwhite and the top-of-the-line Voyage, in terms of price and specs. It's your best alterna-reader if you're not committed to the Amazon ecosystem. Read More…...
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Kobo Glo HD review: This Kindle Voyage rival is a solid premium ebook reader, with a light-up screen, comfortable design and all of the features you'd expect. But the Kobo store still lags behind Amazon's effort for choice and value.The latest Kobo eReade...
Sharp backlit screen, Comfortable design...
Kindle Store still better...
For £109, the Kobo Glo HD offers a premium ebook reading experience easily matching the Kindle Voyage. The neat and tidy interface, backlit screen and comfortable reading experience all get a big thumbs up, but Kobo's online store is still second place to...
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You could say the Glo HD is Kobo's answer to Amazon's Kindle Voyage, and you wouldn't be far off. After all, it's the only other ebook reader to sport a high-resolution 300ppi display. But the devices differ significantly when it comes to price. For...
Sharp display. Relatively affordable. Lightweight. Rubber design is good for grip.
No expandable storage. Long boot-up time from sleep...
The Kobo Glo HD is a solid ebook reader with an unassuming, lightweight design and clear, paper-like display that ought to satisfy users looking for an affordable alternative to Amazon's Kindle Voyage...
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There are plenty of reasons to like Kobo , but the most compelling may be the simple fact that the company isn't Amazon .As chief competitors like Barnes & Noble and Sony have faded or altogether disappeared from the market, the plucky Canadian company (g...
High-resolution screen, Compact design, Significantly cheaper than the Kindle Voyage...
Sluggish performance, No expandable storage...
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Back in June, I took a look at Amazon's latest Paperwhite e-reader. At the time, I was oblivious to the fact that Kobo had released a perfect competitor to that e-reader just a month earlier, called Glo HD. It's now time to take a look at that one, and se...
Having been impressed enough with Amazon's Kindle, I admit I wasn't sure what to expect from Kobo with its Glo HD. But in the end, I am left genuinely impressed. Some might think that an e-reader is just an e-reader, but that's, ahem, fiction. There ar...
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The Kobo Glo HD isn't Rakuten's most recent e-reader. At the time of this review, that title belonged to the Kobo Aura One. It's not the company's least expensive e-reader, either—that would be the Kobo Touch 2.0, which we hope to review soon. The Kobo Gl...
Display quality is equal to that of more-expensive e-readers, Can open a wide variety of file formats, Easy access to loaned library books via OverDrive, Comfortable to hold, with a rubberized back plate that makes it slip-resistant...
Build quality is not up to par, Rubberized back plate is difficult to clean, Had difficulty opening some content-rich files, Murky backlight...
The Kobo Glo HD delivers all the features you want in an e-reader without any unnecessary bloat. We also appreciate its ability to read a diverse selection of file formats, but we have reservations about its build quality...
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