GABATARWA: Tun da aka buga wannan labarin, mai karatu mai faɗi ya canza sosai. Amazon ne mai jagorancin magudi na filin wasa tare da masu haɓaka kamar Sony yana fadowa. Kobo, duk da haka, ya ci gaba da zama a cikin wasan bayan sayensa ta Rakuten mai sayar da kasuwanci na kasar Japan. Ana kuma hada masu karatu biyu Kobo a jerin mu na E Ink Reader Alternatives zuwa Amazon Kindle .
BABI NA GASKIYA
A cikin duniyar e-littattafai da masu sauraro e-masu karatu, yawancin manyan 'yan wasa uku ana dauke su Amazon, Barnes da Noble da Sony. Kowace kamfanonin suna samar da samfurin e-reader, mafi kyawun samfurin, wanda aka goyi bayan jagorancin magajin yanar-gizon e-book. Akwai ainihin daruruwan sauran nau'o'in e-karatu wanda suke samuwa, amma masana'antun ba su da ɗakin ajiya na e-littattafai ko tallace-tallace na kasuwa, suna barin su su yi gasa akan ƙananan ƙananan abokan ciniki. Apple yana rayewa cikin rukuni tare da iPad , amma akwai kamfani na hudu wanda yake a can kuma yayi la'akari da mai karatu da mai sayar da littattafai mai mahimmanci da ke samar da kayayyaki masu tsada - shi dai bai sami daidai ba kamar yadda manyan uku. Kobo e-masu karatu sun san don ƙaddamarwa hardware: ba zato ba tsammani 3G, abubuwan janyewa ko kunna kiɗa.
Kobo ne kamfanin Toronto (Kanada); sunan kamfani shine misalin "littafin." Tare da ƙarni uku na Kobo e-masu karatu a ƙarƙashin belinsa da kuma samuwa, tare da ɗakin littafin e-book Kobobooks.com da kuma haɗin gwiwa tare da sakin littattafai (faltering) Borders , Kobo ya karu a cikin shekaru biyu kawai kuma yanzu yayi ikirarin sarrafawa kusan kashi 10 cikin 100 na kasuwar e-book na Amurka. Ƙwararrun e-reader, mai eReader Touch, ya karbi rahotannin masu kyau yayin da kobo na karatun e-kobo sun kaddamar da iTunes Store kuma su ne tushen dandalin e-littafi na gaba akan Allunan daga Samsung da RIM .
Kobo Facts Facts
- An kafa a Toronto.
- Asali da ake kira Shortcovers.
- Mafi yawan masu rabawa shine Ma'aikatar littafin Indigo ta Kanada.
- Kobo hardware aka sayar ta hanyar Borders, Chapters, Walmart, Best Buy da sauran yan kasuwa.
- Kobo karatun samfurori don mafi yawan dandamali har da na'urori na iOS (iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch), Android, Palm Pre, BlackBerry, Windows, da OSX, suna da'awar masu amfani da 3.6 miliyan.
- Kobo ya bi gaba da mayar da hankali kan duniya, yana ƙididdige abokan kasuwanci na kasashen waje daga kasashe 200, yana biye da shafukan yanar gizo na Turai kuma yana sayar da littattafan e-harsuna cikin harsuna biyar.
- Domin shekara ta ƙare Afrilu 2, 2011, Kobo ya ruwaito asarar dalar Amurka miliyan 32.26 akan kudaden dalar Amurka miliyan 89.98.
Bayani na Kobo E-masu karatu
Kobo E-Karatu:
- Mayu Mayu, 2010.
- Original Farashin $ 149.
- Mahimman bayani: Gidan murhun inji 6-inch tare da nau'i-nau'i takwas, nau'i biyar, Bluetooth (babu mara waya), 1GB ajiya (fadada ta wurin katin katin yana karɓar katin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya 4GB), yana goyon bayan EPUB , PDF, akwati a baki ko farin (tare da turquoise accents), rayuwar batir da aka ƙayyade a makonni biyu.
- Mai yiwuwa: An gabatar da "gogewa" don ƙarin sauti.
Kobo mara waya ta E-Reader:
- An sake shi Oktoba, 2010
- Farashin Farashin $ 139
- Maɓallai Mahimmanci: Mahimmiyar Mahimmanci: Gidan Nuni na Inji 6 tare da matakan ƙananan matakan 16, biyar masu girma, Wi-Fi, 1GB ajiya (fadada ta wurin katin katin yana karɓar katin ƙwaƙwalwar katin SD 32), yana goyon bayan EPUB, PDF, akwati a black ko farin (tare da turquoise accents), rayuwar batir da aka yi a makonni biyu, samuwa a cikin lilac, azurfa da onyx.
- Tabbatacce: An inganta hanyar sarrafawa daga asalin don sauyawa da shafi na shafi, gabatar da sabon zaɓin launi. A halin yanzu akwai Kobo mafi kyawun farashin darajar.
Kobo E-Reader Touch:
- An sake shi Yuni, 2011.
- Farashin Farawa: $ 129.
- Mahimman bayani: 6-inch E Ink Pearl allon touchscreen nuna tare da matakin 16 digiri, 17 nau'i-nau'i, Freescale 508 processor, Wi-Fi, 2GB ajiya, rayuwar batir da aka ƙidaya a wata 1, goyon bayan EPUB, PDF, MOBI, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR da fayilolin bidiyo (babu kiɗa ko goyon bayan bidiyo), samuwa a cikin blue, Lilac, azurfa da baki.
- Tabbatacce: a 7.05 oz kuma ba da maɓallin kunnawa don touchscreen, daya daga cikin kananan na'urorin e-mai karatu samuwa.
Kobobooks.com Facts
- Yanar gizo: www.kobobooks.com.
- Dukan labaran da aka ɗauka shine kimanin miliyan 2.3 (ciki har da jarida da mujallu).
- Da'awar kashi 10 cikin dari na tallace-tallace na e-littafan Amurka.
- Shi ne babban ɗakin littattafan e-littattafai na farko da zai ba da kyauta kyauta.
- Kobobooks yana yin amfani da kantin sayar da e-book Borders.com.
- Babbar shirin da aka ba shi EPUB (tare da Adobe DRM)
- Kobo ya ƙarfafa ingantaccen dandalin karatun Littafin Ayyuka wanda ya haɗa da haɗi tare da sauran masu karatu ta hanyar shafukan yanar gizo (facebook da Twitter) da kuma damar da za su sami ladaran karatun karatu.