Not exact matches
Though
Kobo's
apps for iPad and iPhone have earned strong reviews and millions of downloads, and though the
Kobo app comes preloaded
on several of the Android
tablets that have made it to market (not to mention the BlackBerry Playbook), the company's internal analysis shows that the people who buy several books a month are reading them
on e-readers, whatever
tablets and smartphones they also happen to own.
Here's the latest
on the new Indie
App, which allows customers to purchase
Kobo eBooks through smartphones, computers, and
tablets and have them credited to a local participating ABA member bookstore.
Kobo has designed a way to provide stores with dedicated tracking links for downloads of the
Kobo Reading
App, so customers who read eBooks
on devices other than eReaders can purchase books through smartphones, computers, and
tablets and have them credited to the store.
It's an e-ink
tablet,
on which I have installed
Kobo, nook, and Kindle
apps, along with Aldiko.
Despite being available
on the web - based
app store,
Kobo, Wattpad, and Bluefire were nowhere to be seen
on the
tablet version of the Appstore.
Download a free
Kobo reading
App to read
on your smartphone, computer, or
tablet.
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Kobo offers free eReading
apps so users can read
on most popular devices such as desktops, laptops,
tablets, AndroidÔ phones, iPhonesÒ, iPadsÒ, Blackberry ® Smartphones and Blackberry ® PlayBooks — in addition they can browse and shop the
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on any Android
tablet, then the brand still gets advertised.
All future e-readers, phones and
tablets sold in North America would have the
Kobo app loaded
on it and Sony would cut a piece of commission for every title sold.
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Kobo formerly relied
on Getjar to deliver content to the devices, and in most cases the
apps and games are tailored towards phones and not
tablets.
We have a
Kobo e-reader and 4 Android
tablets that all have the Aldiko e-reader
app on them.
Michael Tamblyn the President of
Kobo said that color screens and interactive features would continue «
on the
tablet and
app side», which now accounts for half of
Kobo's business.
Also under the terms of the deal, select smartphones and their entire line of
tablets will also see the elimination of the Sony branded store and instead will have the
Kobo app loaded
on it by default.
For this, the
tablet comes pre-loaded with the «Reading Life»
app though there is a host of other e-reading
apps available online such as
Kobo, Amazon, and so
on.
Companies like Amazon and
Kobo already have HTML5 based Cloud Reader
apps that let you read books
on any browser
on a PC, MAC, iPad, or most
tablets.
This way, you can install our
APP market directly
on your Kindle Fire HD,
Kobo, or other
tablet / smartphone and be good to go.
I bought a new 8 ″ Windows 8
tablet (Dell Venue 8 Pro) and was looking forward to using the
Kobo app on it, but no such luck unfortunately.
Also, the
Kobo app will come pre-installed
on select Xperia smartphone and
tablet devices.
If you purchase an eBook
on your smartphone or
tablet via the
Kobo App, all of the content will automatically be downloaded to your H2O if you hit the sync button.
Start reading
on your
Kobo Aura H2O and pick up
on your smartphone,
tablet, or desktop with the free
Kobo App.
Graphic novels, comics and children's books would remain
on Kobo's smartphone and
tablet apps.
Sure you have your Sony, Barnes and Noble, Amazon and
Kobo applications but Aldiko is the most popular
app to come preloaded
on many
tablet computers and smart phones.
Part of the agreement was that the
Kobo Android
App would be pre-loaded
on all new smartphones and
tablets.
There are
Kobo apps available for Mac, PC, Apple, Android, BlackBerry 10, and related
tablets, so you can pick up where you left off
on most devices without a problem.
Any eBook you purchase
on your
Kobo Aura HD can also be enjoyed
on your smartphone,
tablet, or computer with one of our top - rated
apps.
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KOBO, and KINDLE
tablets and devices.
I have books from
Kobo, B&N, and Amazon and it is nice to hear that there is a way of getting the Nook
App on the Amazon Fire
tablets.
Seeded with a substantial donation of code from the
Kobo e-reader, the Readium SDK project's goal is to develop an open - source EPUB 3 rendering engine optimized for use with
apps on tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices.
In addition,
Kobo's Android (s GOOG)
app «will be pre-loaded
on select Sony Xperia smartphones and
tablets,» according to Sony's official announcement, released in conjunction with its quarterly earnings.
Download the free
Kobo app to your computer,
tablet, and smartphone and all your reading - even your bookmarks - is synced so you can start reading
on one device and pick up
on another.
The company is positioning itself as being focused
on the reading experience, especially with features such as «Reading Mode,» which allows the user, among other things, to turn off notifications from other
apps on its
tablets to keep distractions at a minimum... Beyond that,
Kobo has launched a new book discovery tool called «Beyond the Book,» designed to help users find new books «via highlighted topics within books and content from across the Web.»
On top of that, it takes awhile for the
tablet to load certain
Kobo apps and menus.
Readers don't need to own a
Kobo device — they can download our free
Kobo app on their phone,
tablet, or computer.
The company recently announced
on its blog that it will be developing Metro - style
apps for Windows 8, so those of you who plan to pick a Windows 8
tablet won't have to worry about not having the
Kobo reader
on the device.
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and
Kobo all offer
apps that allow you to access each ebook reader's library
on an iOS or Android
tablet or phone; you can also use a
tablet or smartphone to read ebooks from Apple's iBooks Store (
on iOS) and the Google Play Store (
on iOS and Android).
On the plus side, it's important to note that
Kobo, like Barnes & Noble and Amazon, does offer
apps for iOS (iPhone and iPad), as well as Android (phone and
tablet), BlackBerry (phones and PlayBook), and even WebOS (Palm Pre).
For some reason the latest Amazon Kindle and
Kobo eBook
apps,
on the other hand, only offer single column views — which look kind of funny when you're holding the
tablet in landscape mode because there are either huge margins
on the left and right sides of pages (Kindle), or very long lines of text (
Kobo).
Kobo President and Chief Content Officer Michael Tamblyn said «We found people were just as happy reading through an
app on devices than they were reading directly
on tablets.»
In a statement,
Kobo said the free
Kobo App for Android will be «pre-loaded
on select Sony smartphones and
tablets», but «timing and availability may vary by market and carrier».
To listen to
Kobo audiobooks requires the free
Kobo app on smartphones or
tablets running Android v4.4 or higher or iOS v9.0 or higher.
They have agreements with big names like Samsung and RIM to get these manufacturers» devices preloaded with the
Kobo reading
app, which will be a big deal in the expanding
tablet PC market place, and have stated that they hope to see their software preloaded
on over 20 million individual devices over the course of 2011.
The
Kobo service is open to anyone though — as the
Kobo app can be downloaded
on any Android or iOS device, you don't need to have a
Kobo tablet in order to buy books.