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oj829 · 02-25-2013, 10:13 AM

The two Xooms I found the weight for online were 708g (25oz.) and 730g (26oz.). By Contrast, the Arc is in the neighborhood of 365g: half the weight of th3e 3G/4G Xoom.

(Also understand, though, the Arc screen is smaller: a 7-inch display vs. Motorola's 10.1" display. Some people do NOT like downgrading to the 7-inch tablet lifestyle at all once they've become used to the larger screen.)

The Kobo Vox is for all intents and purposes dead. The serious players in the 7" market right now are Google Nexus, Kobo Arc, iPad mini, and Kindle and Barnes and Noble offerings.

I didn't get the Nexus because the speakers are on the back of the device. The Kindle and B&N tablets are too much of a "walled garden" for my liking: you have to buy from their app stores and their app stores only, without hacking. And on the B&N in particular, the app store is notoriously limited. The iPad mini is nice and light, but I just didn't want to get back into the iTunes Death Star after leaving it behind several years ago. YMMV.

The Arc is relatively light (heavier than the mini and Nexus, lighter than the Kindle), is certified for use of the Google marketplace ("Google Play"), has a nice display, but you're probably eventually going to run into a problem with Kobo's "Tapestries" and "Discover" service, which seem somewhat bug-laden. There is a lot of chatter about them here on the boards, and I ran into a doozy my first day with my Arc. Had to install an alternate launcher out of necessity, not taste.

02-25-2013, 10:13 AM	#2
oj829 Groupie Posts: 191 Karma: 574940 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Arc(32GB), Kobo Arc 7HD, Kobo Glo HD,NookHD	The two Xooms I found the weight for online were 708g (25oz.) and 730g (26oz.). By Contrast, the Arc is in the neighborhood of 365g: half the weight of th3e 3G/4G Xoom. (Also understand, though, the Arc screen is smaller: a 7-inch display vs. Motorola's 10.1" display. Some people do NOT like downgrading to the 7-inch tablet lifestyle at all once they've become used to the larger screen.) The Kobo Vox is for all intents and purposes dead. The serious players in the 7" market right now are Google Nexus, Kobo Arc, iPad mini, and Kindle and Barnes and Noble offerings. I didn't get the Nexus because the speakers are on the back of the device. The Kindle and B&N tablets are too much of a "walled garden" for my liking: you have to buy from their app stores and their app stores only, without hacking. And on the B&N in particular, the app store is notoriously limited. The iPad mini is nice and light, but I just didn't want to get back into the iTunes Death Star after leaving it behind several years ago. YMMV. The Arc is relatively light (heavier than the mini and Nexus, lighter than the Kindle), is certified for use of the Google marketplace ("Google Play"), has a nice display, but you're probably eventually going to run into a problem with Kobo's "Tapestries" and "Discover" service, which seem somewhat bug-laden. There is a lot of chatter about them here on the boards, and I ran into a doozy my first day with my Arc. Had to install an alternate launcher out of necessity, not taste.