Ukuhlaziywa: Kobo eReader Touch Edition

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Wonke umntu uyakuthanda ukucocisa ilungelo lokungena phantsi? Kwaye xa kuziwa kwi-underdog kwiindidi zabafundi be-e-readers, akungabazeki ukuba uKobo uzalise le nxaxheba. Ikhampani yaseCanada ephezulu (eyabelwe kakhulu kwiiChapter Indigo bookstores) ikhuphe i- e-reader yayo yokuqala ngo-2010, iqalise i-e-bookstore ye-intanethi kwaye ithatha iMingcele njengeqabane. Okokuqala i-hardware yesizukulwana yayisilungile, kodwa kungekhona ukuphazamiseka komhlaba kwaye sonke siyazi indlela izinto eziye zahamba kunye neMida . Kodwa uKobo uye waqhubeka ehamba kunye neKobo eReader Touch Edition, ngokuzenzekelayo ufumana u-e-reader okhuphisana kakhulu.

Sibanzi

Ukuba ucinga ukuba i-Kobo eReader Touch Edition ibheka ngaphezulu kokufana ne-Barnes & Noble NOOK elula, Thina kuphela. Zombini zixhobo zikhutshwe ngexesha elifanayo, zombini ziya kumnxibelelwano womncinci wocinci kwaye zombini zixhobo zokusebenza zokubonisa ezi-6 intshi. Xa ubabona ndawonye, ​​nangona kunjalo, uya kubona ukuba i-Kobo iyona nto ihambelanayo le mibini: iyayifumana enye ifomu yenkcubeko eyenza ibe yincinci kwaye ibe yincinci kune-NOOK. Kwakhona kukhanya kwaye kuqiniseke ngakumbi.

I-Kobo entsha inokuthi iphathwe ngaphezu kwezinto ezibonakalayo ezivela kwiimodeli zokuqala zesizukulwana: i-back-back distinctive back back, ekhoyo kwimbala emine eyahlukeneyo (i-lilac, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, isilivere kunye nomnyama). Nangona ndifumene i-eReader Touch ukuba ikhululeke ngakumbi ukubamba kwesinye isandla kunokuba i-NOOK Simple Touch, ingemuva iyaphuma ngaphezu kwe-NOOK kwaye ingenawo iminwe ibambe, okwenza i-eReader Touch ifanele ngakumbi ukusetyenziswa ezimbini.

I-Kobo ibeka ubuso obunobungane - ngokoqobo (ii-icons ezisetyenzisiweyo zikhumbuza iimpawu zamandulo zaseMacintosh) - kwaye isebenzisa isikhombisi-sikhokelo somsebenzisi esinobuchule kunye nesichukumisayo. Ukuhamba kungenabuhlungu kwaye izicwangciso zilula ukufikelela (enye yompompo phakathi kwesikrini ukuvelisa imenyu), kunye nezikrini ezisetyenziselwa ukulungisa ubungakanani befonti, ukusabalalisa umgca kunye nemida. Kuthatha ixesha elincinci lokufumana ukuxhoma ukujikeleza, ukukhuphela iincwadi ze-e kunye nokukhetha kwizihloko kwilayibrari yakho.

Iinkcukacha

Bonisa: I-6-intshi ye- E Ink Pearl yesikrini esibucayi esinama-grayscale engama-16, okunciphisa umbane

Ubukhulu: 4.5 amasentimitha x 6.5 intshi x x 0.4 intshi

Ubukhulu: 6.5 ounces

Ukugcinwa: 2GB (ukwandiswa ngamakhadi e-microSD ukuya kwi-32GB nganye)

Ubomi beBettery: Kuze kwinyanga enye (nge-Wi-Fi ivaliwe).

Ukuxhuma: i-Wi-Fi, i-USB Micro

Iifomati ezixhasiweyo: EPUB, PDF, MOBI, TXT, HTML, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, CBZ, CBR

Amafonti: 7 iifomthi ezinobungakanani obu-17 (kunye nokukwazi ukulanda amafonti angaphezulu)

Inkxaso yoMculo: Akukho

Ixabiso: $ 129.99 kwi-intanethi kwi-Kobo, okanye kwindawo yokugcina kwi-Best Buy ne-Frys.

Uxakekile

I-Kobo eReader Touch isebenzisa iprosesa kunye ne-teknoloji ngokukhawuleza (efana neleyo esetyenziswe kwi-NOOK Simple Touch) eyanciphisa ukuba lo mnyama omnyama ubona xa i-E ink e-readers iguqula amaphepha. Isiphumo esiphezulu sephepha liphendulela kunokuba imodeli yangaphambili (kunye nabaphiswano njengoluhlobo), kunye nesiboniso ngokuqabulayo ngokukhawuleza kuphela emva kwiphepha ngalinye lesithandathu.

Ukuphendula kwesibonakaliso kwakukho kunye nezinye iifayili usebenzisa inkqubo ye-IR touchscreen. Ngamanye amazwi, kulungile, kodwa rhoqo emva kwexesha umnwe uphupha umqondiso ngenxa yesenzo esingalindelekanga - ngokuqhelekileyo imenyu iboniswa. Ukuba awukho omkhulu kumakhonkco ekhredithi yokuthintana, ungeyilungu ngolu hlobo kuba akukho zicatshulwa zomzimba ezitholakalayo kwiphepha eliguqukayo, nje amandla kunye neefowuni zasekhaya. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-firmware yakutsha kunika iReader Touch amandla ahlukileyo: amandla abasebenzisi ukulayisha amafonti abo kwisixhobo, ukuphelisa umda wedijithi enye eyakhelwe kwiifom ezitholakalayo kwi-e-readers epheleleyo. Nangona ichithwa ngokukhawuleza ukwenzela ukuba inikeze amava e-e-learning angabizi, kukho ezinye ezongezelelweyo ezongezelelweyo ezifumanekayo kubandakanywa isiphequluli sewebhu kunye neskrini sokucinga (cinga i-Etch-A-Sketch). Zomibini zikhohlakeleyo kwaye zixhomekeke kwisiboniso sokuvuselela imiba ehambelana ne-E Ink, kodwa kwi-pinch ingaba luncedo.

Ubomi bhettery bubizwa ukuba yinyanga enye (kunye ne-Wi-Fi) kwaye isekelwe kwithuba lam kunye ne-eReader Touch, ebonakala ilungile.

Umoya

Okokubonisa ubugcisa obuqabulayo apho ndifumene i-design error. Kwiphepha lokuqala lihlaziya kwakhona, yonke into ibonakala ijongene nesicatshulwa esicacileyo kunye nokungafani ndikulindele ukuba ndibonise kwi-E Ink Pearl. Kwiphepha elilandelayo liphendulela, ukuthuma kuqala ukubonakala kwisiboniso, kuqhubeke kube mnyama kuze kuhlaziywe kwakhona. Akunelanga ngokwaneleyo ukukhusela ukufunda, kodwa kuyacaphukisa. Ndandixhalabisa ukuba inyunithi yam yovavanyo ingase ibe yinto ephosakeleyo, kodwa ukukhangela okukhawuleza kuGoogle kuqinisekisile ukuba abanye ababuyekezi baye babona imiphumo efanayo.

Kukho izixhobo eziphambili ezifumanekayo ngokusebenzisa ukuhlaziywa kwe-firmware esilandelayo okukuvumela ukuba utshintshe inani lamaphepha ngaphambi kokuhlaziywa (ukususela ku-1 ukuya ku-6); ukuhlaziya zonke iphepha - njengabo baninzi be-e-readers ngaphambi kwalolu hlobo-kubonakala kukulungisa umcimbi, kodwa kwiindleko zokubuyisela kwakhona ukukhanya kwendawo emnyama kuyo yonke iphepha. Kwaye ngenxa yesizathu esithile, umbane omnyama ubonakala ubalaseleyo kule meko kunezinye i-e-readers, ngoko ke andiqinisekanga ukuba isisombululo sinomdla kangakanani. Nangona kunjalo, unemisebenzi emithandathu enokuyenza ukuze ulinge kwaye unethemba lokuba omnye uya kubetha ibhalansi eyamkelekileyo.

Ndabona kwakhona ukuba ukushisa kubonakala ngathi yi-Achilles Heel yeso sixhobo, okwenza ukuba umboniso ubonakalise ngakumbi. Ndathatha ixesha elingaphandle kweKobo ngasecaleni xa kwakushushu. Awuvutha ingqondo eshushu, kodwa ujikeleze ama-degrees angama-85. Ndatshitshisiwe nge-ambulera ye-patio, ngoko akukho lilanga elithe ngqo. Isiboniso seKobo sibonisa ukuhamba kunye nokuqhawula okuya kuthi ekugqibeleni ukuba umbhalo unzima ukufunda kwiindawo, kwaye ulandele loo mjikelezo; ngokuhlaziywa, kwakupheleleke, kodwa ukuhamba kwiphepha ngalinye ukuya kutsho ukuhlaziywa okulandelayo kwanda ngakumbi.

Ndibone i-E Ink e-readers ibonisa imiba yokubonisa kwiimozulu efudumele ngaphambili, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo kufuneka ishushu ngaphezu kwama-85 degrees (abaninzi abavelisi bathetha ama-degrees ama-95 yi-cutoff). Kufuneka ube nako ukuzisa enye yalezi zinto kummandla wonxweme , ngokude nje ukukhusela. Ukuze ndiqiniseke ukuba ndiyintlekele, ndenze iindibano ezibini ezongezelelweyo ukuya echibini kunye nabafundi abambalwa be-e-readers kwaye ngoxa uKobo waqhubeka ehlulwa kwiimpembelelo zekhasi, i-NOOK Simple Touch kunye ne-Kind 3G ayengathintekanga ngokupheleleyo.

Kutheni Ubangela Ukubhaliswa Okubhaliweyo?

Isalathiso sesibini sinxulumene nesofthiwe. Kungakhathaliseki isizathu, uKobo uye wagqiba ukuba ngaphambi kokuba ukwazi ukuthenga iincwadi kwi-intanethi usebenzisa i-Wi-Fi, kufuneka uqale udibanise ikhompyutha ukuba ubhalise ifowuni. Oku kubonakala kungadingekile, kwongezelela ingxaki kunye nokuphazamiseka. Ukuba uthayipha i-Wi-Fi ifowuni eneefowuni okanye i-NOOK, yonke into oyifunayo i-akhawunti ye-e-bookstore ehambelana nayo kwaye uya kude. Nge-Kobo, kufuneka ukhupha i-Mac (i-Windows okanye i-Windows) i-application ye-desktop ye-desktop, uyiqalise kwaye ungene ngemvume kwi-akhawunti yakho ekhoyo ye-Kobo okanye wenze entsha ukuba ubhalise ifowuni, emva koko nayiphi na i-firmware entsha ye-e-reader ngokuzenzekelayo. fakiwe. Kwimeko yam, inkqubo yokuhlaziywa ithathe imizuzu engama-20.

Unokweqa lesi sinyathelo, kodwa um-e-reader uyalumkisa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ukwenza oko akuyona ingcamango enkulu, ebonisa ukuba awukwazi ukuxhuma kwi-e-bookstore ye-Kobo okanye ukuvumelanisa iincwadi zakho ze-e-ncwadi. Xa usuqedile ukubhalisa, ukhululekile ukusebenza ngokugcwele nge-Wi-Fi.

Ukuvuselelwa kwesixhobo kufezwa ngexhumo lwe-USB kwikhompyutha. Akuyinto entsha, nangona abafundi abaninzi beqala ukufaka i-USB reloader kwibhokisi.

Iingcebiso

I-Kobo eReader Touch ibetha ibhalansi efanelekileyo phakathi kweempawu kunye nexabiso. Ubungakanani bayo bekhampani - ncinane kunokuba i-NOOK Simple Touch - yinto ecacileyo kunye kunye nomsebenzisi womnxeba umnandi ukuyisebenzisa. Ixhasa uluhlu lweefayili kunye ne-Kobo e-bookstore, ngelixa kungabi nakwizinga le-Amazon.com, linika ukhetho oluhle lwe-e-books. Ukuba nekhono lokukhetha ekukhethiweyo kwemibala yesoko kuyindlela enhle.

Nangona ndiyayixabisa i-interface yomnxibelelwano, ngokwalo, andicinga ukuba ndiza kuthenga i-e-reader engenakho ukufumana iifowuni ezingapheliyo. Akunjalo wonke umntu unengqondo efanayo, nangona kunjalo, ngoko andiyikuthi i-Kobo ikhethile kulolu khetho olukhethiweyo; Nangona kunjalo, ukuphosa kwimeko kunye nokushisa kwesimo sezulu ngenye into. Ngelixa ungeke usebenzise idivaysi engenakulungiswa, i-artifacts kunye ne-breathtaking inokuphazamisa nakanjani amava omsebenzisi, ngakumbi xa kuthelekiswa nezinye izibonakaliso zezizukulwana zangoku. Ukuba awuqinisekanga ukuba ngaba le nto ingaba yinkinga kuwe, zama enye esitolo kwaye xa ungaxhatshazwa yiyo, mhlawumbi uya kuba nolonwabo kakhulu nalo mfundi-mfundi.

Imfuno yokudibanisa ngokomzimba kwikhompyutheni ngaphambi kokuthenga nge-Wi-Fi yinto ekhethileyo eyinokuthi ilahlekise i-subset yonke yabathengi abafuna ukuthenga iincwadi kwi-intanethi, kodwa bengenakho ikhompyutha.

Kanye njengoko ndiyithandayo imiba emininzi ye-Kobo, i-$ 10 kuphela nje ndingakhetha i-NOOK Simple Touch.