Thing on the firmware, Alisa, is (or I imagine part of it is) that Bookeen has had the updated firmware for some time, evidently -- judging by its appearances on UTube, anyway -- but hasn't managed to get a copy of it to Derek and his colleagues at NAEB -- that shouldn't be dependent on PVI's e-ink panel production issues.
If they'd gotten him the firmware update before now, or shipped the sample out with it in the
first place, NAEB wouldn't be forced to decide whether to review what they've finally gotten (after a very long wait) or wait yet longer in hopes that Bookeen ... deals with whatever it is that's holding them up, in a timelier fashion than they've demonstrated the ability to do thus far.
