Remember when we announced that Kobo was going to be bringing out their own line of Kindle Fire/Nexus 7 competitors. The specifications weren’t over the roof, but they did get the job done.

We’ve just received an email from Kobo letting us know that there is a new Arc in town. Kobo have announced that the Arc 7″ will be available in three different size variants. The 16GB will go for $249.99, the 32GB for $299.99 and the 64GB for $349.99.

Specifications:

Dimensions: 7.43in x 4.72in x 0.45in / 120mm x 11.5mm x 189mm.
Weight: 364 g.
Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP 4470, 1.5 GHZ (Dual Core).
Display: 7” HD Display; 1280 x 800 resolution; 215 ppi; 16.4 million colours.
RAM: …

We just got quite a nice and friendly email from Kobo, the popular eReader manufacturer. Well, it turns that Kobo has stayed away from the general and gone for an Android-based eReader.

It is based on Android 4.0 and is running Kobo’s ‘Tapestry’ OS. It looks to be much like Amazon’s Kindle Fire, but with a little extra Android baked in. The notification panel and clock appear to be stock Android Ice Cream Sandwich, with a completely new skin on top. This is something very interesting and exciting that we have rarely seen in Australia. Amazon kept the Kindle Fire to the States and the Nexus 7 is the first real content based 7″ tablet in Australia.

Specifications:

Dimensions: …