Kwaphela amasonto ambalwa kwaziwa ukuthi uKobo ubesemuva kokwethulwa kwento entsha, into engiyithathele ngokwami njengokujwayelekile kwazise usuku lweSuku Lencwadi selusondele.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, amadivayisi anesikrini sombala ayesanda kufika emakethe, engicabanga ukuthi nawo azovela esandleni sabathengisi abakhulu emakethe, lena yi-Amazon neKobo. Bonke ababumbene, abaningi (mina owokuqala) bakuthatha kalula ukwethulwa kwedivayisi entsha nguKobo yoSuku Lwezincwadi.
Kepha, kubonakala sengathi le divayisi ibe nokunye ukubambezeleka futhi ekugcineni, kuleli sonto inikezwe yona yazi iKobo Elipsa. Le divayisi yehluke kancane kwi-eReader yendabuko, iba yilokho abaningi abakucabangayo njengencwadi yokubhala yedijithali.
IKobo Elipsa ivelele, i-priori, ngosayizi wayo omkhulu, usayizi ovela kuyo isikrini sayo esingu-10,3 ” okuyinto, njengoba wazi kahle, akuyona into ejwayelekile emakethe ye-eReader. Usayizi uhambelana nefoliyo nobuchwepheshe obusebenzisayo lesi sikrini yi-E-Ink Letter 1200 enesinqumo esingu-227 ppi.
UKobo Elipsa uzothengiswa ngebhokisi lokuvikela kanye nosiba
IKobo Elipsa yenza uKobo Rakuten abe ngenye yezinkampani ezinomkhiqizo womthengi wokugcina kodwa nomkhiqizo kwezamabhizinisi (imakethe lapho kubonakala sengathi bangena ngokuya ngokwanda). Ngakho-ke, le divayisi ifuna ukuqoqa umoya we I-Sony DPT-S1 bese uyivumelanisa nefilosofi yeKobo ukuze abasebenzisi babe nalokho abaningi bethu abakucabanga ukuthi yincwadi yokubhalela yedijithali.
IKobo Elipsa ayizi yodwa futhi izosatshalaliswa nge-Kobo Stylus ne-Sleepcover yedivayisi. Okusho ukuthi, sizoba nephakethe lokungakwazi ukufunda ama-ebook noma ama-pdf amafayela kuphela kodwa futhi sizoba nencwajana lapho singabhala khona izinto phansi.
Kungihlabe umxhwele kakhulu ukuthi ipeni lithola igama lalo uqobo. Futhi ukuthi iKobo Stylus (okuyilokho okubizwa ngakho ipensela) kuzosisiza bhala futhi ubeke amanothi ethu kwidijithali. Ngokolwazi esaziyo, akukho okukhombisa ukuthi sidinga i-Kobo Elipsa ukubhala, kepha kungahle kube yiphutha kulwazi. Kunoma ikuphi, iKobo Elipsa nokusetshenziswa kwayo kweKobo Stylus Ubuchwepheshe be-Myscript ukubona izinhlamvu ezibhalwe ngesandla bese ugcine imininingwane kuhlelo lokusebenza olusha ku-software yakho ebizwa nge-My Notebooks.
Ukuvuselelwa kwesoftware yeKobo kweKobo Elipsa kwenza ukuhlanganisa kangcono insizakalo yeDropbox namadivayisi weKobo. Lokhu kuyathakazelisa ukugcina amanothi wethu, ukudwebela namanye amafayela esifuna ukutholakala kuwo kusuka kudivayisi yethu, kepha futhi kuyathakazelisa kakhulu ukusebenzisa insizakalo yeDropbox njengesipele sama-ebook ethu.
UKobo uqala ukukhipha i-USB-C kumadivayisi ayo
Ukuzimela kwedivayisi kunikezwa ngu ibhethri le-2.400 mAh, isamba esamukelekayo sedivayisi enjalo, yize kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi isibuko singu-10,3 ”ukuze ukusetshenziswa okujwayelekile esikwenzayo, kule divayisi ukuzimela kuzoncishiswa.
Iprosesa iyi-quadcore ku-1,8 Ghz. Ekushicilelweni kwabezindaba asazi lutho ngomenzi, ngakho-ke kungahle kungabi yiprosesa yeFreescale.
Isibonisi sisebenzisa Ubuchwepheshe beKobo ComfortLight, okuthile okuzosiza ukuguqula izindawo ezahlukahlukene lapho sisebenzisa khona idivayisi futhi izosebenzisa imbobo ye-USB-C ukuxhumana nezinye izinto zokusebenza nokushaja ibhethri. Imodyuli ye-wifi + ye-bluetooth izokwenza ukuthi uKobo Elipsa akwazi ukuxhumana ngaphandle kwentambo.
Idizayini yeKobo Elipsa kungenye into engidonsele amehlo. Kumamodeli amaningana, inkampani yaseCanada izamile ukulingisa isibambo esine-lateral incwadi enaso lapho siyifunda ngesandla esisodwa kumadivayisi ayo. Kodwa-ke, ngeKobo Elipsa idizayini ayiqhubeki futhi ithatha isitayela se- I-Kobo Aura One, isitayela ebesifunwa kakhulu ngabasebenzisi beKobo, kuze kube yilapho imodeli esikhuluma ngayo isadayiswa emakethe eseyenziwe.
Intengo yale divayisi iphakeme kancane kepha ayibizi. IKobo Elipsa ingabekelwa ukuqala namuhla futhi Ingathengwa ngama-euro angama-399,90 kusuka ngoJuni 24. Futhi ngithi intengo iphezulu futhi ayibizi ngoba ngale ntengo kufanele ucabangele ukuthi sinoqwembe lokulala nopeni ngaphezu kwensimbi. Uma sikhipha intengo yecala nosiba, kuvela ukuthi intengo yeKobo Elipsa ingaphezulu kancane kunamanye amadivayisi afana i-Kindle Oasis, kepha sikhuluma nge-eReader enesikrini esingu-10,3 ”.
Ngeshwa, asikabi nalo ezandleni zethu, kepha ngenxa yephepha ledatha lobuchwepheshe, imininingwane kanye nesiqinisekiso seKobo, i-Kobo Elipsa ibukeka sengathi izokuba ngaphezu kwebhukwana ledijithali, idivayisi ezocabangela hhayi kuphela abasebenzisi abathanda ama-ebook kodwa nezinkampani. Impela, kusamele siyihlole le divayisi, kodwa Kubukeka kukuhle, awucabangi?