Kobo Arc review

Good value, fast working 7-inch Android tablet with Google Play apps

Kobo Arc tablet e-reader
Kobo Arc tablet e-reader

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Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Kobo Arc review

Jamie Carter

Jamie is a freelance tech, travel and space journalist based in the UK. He’s been writing regularly for Techradar since it was launched in 2008 and also writes regularly for Forbes, The Telegraph, the South China Morning Post, Sky & Telescope and the Sky At Night magazine as well as other Future titles T3, Digital Camera World, All About Space and Space.com. He also edits two of his own websites, TravGear.com and WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com that reflect his obsession with travel gear and solar eclipse travel. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners (Springer, 2015),

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