Dec

Kobo Developing Windows 8 Metro e-Reading App

Kobo announced today they were developing a Metro styled Reader application for the Windows 8 App Store. The company received a preview of the new store during a conference in San Francisco earlier in the week.

The former Canadian based company Kobo is intending to be one of the few e-reading stores to offer an application with the launch of the official Windows App Store. There is no word yet if this new app will be compliant with the new Xbox Metro update that will eventually pull app data from Microsoft.

In the end, this is a good move by Kobo to get in early and develop a slew of social features that the company is notorious for. I just hope their HTML5 Reader app they announced a few months ago will be a reality soon.

Michael Kozlowski (1799 Posts)

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Pm50x
Why on earth don’t they fix the problems they currently have before developing a totally new application (that probably won’t work well either). My recent experience with Kobo who I had held in the highest regard has been a nightmare. From the posts on other web sites I see I am not alone in my dissatisfaction with this company. Many users are having problems with their VOX, problems with being triple charged (!) for their books, or now totally unable to get their content on their webOS device. Kobo had one of the best customer service operations in the business . . . when it was local, in Canada. That has ceased. WebOS was eliminated without any warning to Kobo’s customers. One day it just didn’t work. Period. And no, they’re not going to fix it. Now users are stuck with content that defies their corporate creed that people should be able to read anytime, anyplace and on any device they choose. I would caution anyone before making a purchase, with the new change of ownership this could go the way of HP.

Kobo Developing Windows 8 Metro e-Reading App

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