Andre Yoskowitz
16 Feb 2012 0:13
Kobo has announced it will sell its Vox tablet in Best Buy stores in the U.S.
The tablet currently competes with the Kindle Fire in the 7-inch category which may already put the tablet in an un-winnable situation.
Kobo released the Vox in October, but the system was met with criticism from users who found the tablet lacking and laggy.
Since the Vox's release, however, Kobo was acquired by Rakuten, which has been called on occasion "the Amazon of Japan." Rakuten promised to turn the tablet into an ecosystem similar to that of the Fire, which is deeply integrated with Amazon's shopping, music, movies and Cloud platforms.
The Vox features a 7-inch 1024 x 600 resolution display, an 800MHz processor, 8GB of internal storage, 7 hours of battery life, and 512MB of RAM.