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Originally Posted by NatCh
Ehm. Before blasting Sony too solidly about the low number of firmware updates, you might consider the fact that the Reader has pretty much worked as advertised from the get-go. Arguably, they could have never done a single firmware update, and we wouldn't have much to fuss about if they hadn't.
I think maybe we subconsciously equate the ability to update firmware with a requirement to do so, whether it's needed or not. 
And maybe we're kinda jealous of all the updates those iLiadittes have gotten, and forget that the Reader was more solidly functional out of the box than the iLiad was after its first half-dozen updates in as many months. 
To the main question of the topic -- I think they still want 500 users to buy books from them, so they'll most likely support it for a while, anyway. I'd think in as much as they don't have to do too much extra work to backport features, they'll probably do it. Logically, that probably won't be everything, and as the hardware continues to develop, the 500 will eventually be left behind, so will the 505 for that matter. It's the nature of the beast. But I don't see them kicking the 500 to the curb quite yet. |
I'm just sad because there was so much potential with the 500 that was never tapped. Ah well. There'd be little reason to buy a 505 if the 500 had the same features and cost much less!
