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Originally Posted by marleyfan
Do you mean you'd be more inclined to buy a kobo if the firmware updating were problem free? Cuz if you buy one now it comes loaded with the 1.4 firmware already. No need to update unless you want whatever firmware is released next. I suspect that as kobo streamlines the process and works out the growing pains the process will become easier. Kobo is one of the most responsive companies I've seen lately. They seem like they are very serious about customer support. When v1.5 comes out I will take the plunge, despite the problems I've seen on this forum, cuz I know that kobo is working hard to make things better.
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I'm not looking at the issues people are having with firmware updates (though I do believe they are USB related). My issue is I run purely Linux-based systems at home, so without a Windows or OSX machine I am unable to perform a firmware update. Allowing me to update via SD card would resolve this issue (and given people have been sent SD cards and some stores have them shows they have the systems in place to allow us to do this).
Now briefly with the USB issues I feel it might be. There had been some discussion on the Astak forum about the Pocket Pros stalling and/or not connecting properly via USB. This has been worked out to be caused by the USB chipset that people have in their computer. My laptop has issues with smart USB2.0 devices and copying of files, Linux stalls and eventually keeps going, when it had XP on it a few years ago I would get a Not Responding in Windows Explorer (though dumb usb devices such as USB thumb drives work without hassle, nor do i have issues with older USB1.1 devices connected, such as my old camera). However connect the same device to my media centre with a different USB chipset and it worked flawlessly. My testing appears to be hardware and not software related (hence both the same issue in Win XP or Linux). I certainly would not feel comfortable risking an update with a USB chipset that stalls throughout the writing process.