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mesamuel · 08-17-2014, 03:16 PM

This is not a question, just a whining complaint. I wish I had sprung the extra $30 to buy the Nexus 7 at the time I bought this. I completely regret buying the original 7" Arc tablet. It worked well for a while, although I was annoyed by the message, "This is not compatible with your device" coming up so often when I wanted certain apps from the Play Store. Now, after a year and a half, it's a piece of junk. I have 32 GB and I've only used about 9 GB. It is tediously slow on the internet, sluggish & choppy. It takes forever for the keyboard to appear in order to type, the Swype app keeps skipping letters. It reboots randomly. I can't count the number of times I've wanted to whip this thing out the window. I know Kobo will never have another update to this but it's disappointing that this is a throwaway product. What a waste of money. No one can even be bothered to write about the Arc in the forum anymore because no one cares. I'd never buy one again in any way, shape or form.

08-17-2014, 03:16 PM	#1
mesamuel Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo Wifi, Kobo Arc 32 GB	Original Arc is a paperweight This is not a question, just a whining complaint. I wish I had sprung the extra $30 to buy the Nexus 7 at the time I bought this. I completely regret buying the original 7" Arc tablet. It worked well for a while, although I was annoyed by the message, "This is not compatible with your device" coming up so often when I wanted certain apps from the Play Store. Now, after a year and a half, it's a piece of junk. I have 32 GB and I've only used about 9 GB. It is tediously slow on the internet, sluggish & choppy. It takes forever for the keyboard to appear in order to type, the Swype app keeps skipping letters. It reboots randomly. I can't count the number of times I've wanted to whip this thing out the window. I know Kobo will never have another update to this but it's disappointing that this is a throwaway product. What a waste of money. No one can even be bothered to write about the Arc in the forum anymore because no one cares. I'd never buy one again in any way, shape or form.