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Originally Posted by cabbot
Amazon has lost me as a customer by cutting the 3G web browsing in such a sneaky way and worse yet giving out misinformation when people noticed this.
I have seen lots of posts about growing pains with the Kobo Touch. Have the bugs been worked out yet if someone were to purchase a brand new one?
I would also prefer not to use an proprietary software so can I totally skip installing the Kobo Desktop and side load everything or is that not an option?
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I haven't experienced any problems. Bought my KT a little over a week ago, updated straight to 1.9.11, the most recent firmware.
It does require you to install Kobo Desktop to set up, but I did this, then uninstalled it, went to Calibre, and never looked back. Calibre is an open-source, non-proprietary software. It is not associated with any device, but rather can be used with any device. It can be your library, your newsfeed, and also your store (it isn't a store, but rather searches many stores at once for the best price, and it displays whether the book is DRM'ed).
Calibre syncs perfectly with my KT. You could side load if you wanted to, of course, but it's nice that Calibre recognizes Kobo and I can just do it that way.
You don't have to use Kobo Desktop for anything except install. I'm not *thrilled* with having to install either, but for all the other things about it I like, it's a small compromise that took up 2 minutes of my time.