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Originally Posted by porkupan
Well, Nate, you've been around for a while, so it surprises me that you put so much weight into a manufacturer's announced willingness to extend the capabilities of a product. It's quite possible that Bookeen will follow up on their intent and fix up all the stuff they say they will fix up. But making this stated intent a basis for purchasing decisions... isn't it a bit naive?
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I actually don't think it's naive since the product specifications say that the firmware is upgradeable via the SD card.
I agree with what you're saying about companies not traditionally doing this but the internet has made it much less expensive for them to distribute enhancements and upgrades. When I compare the product specifications for the 505 and the Gen3 they are basically identical. The differentiator is the firmware and this is the value the companies can add to the base hardware. I'm hoping the competition will influence both companies to update. I guess I'm naive too.
The Sony PS3 that I bought in March has has it's features significantly enhanced since I bought (via internet updates) so don't give up on Sony enhancing the PRS50x line. (
Of course the price has dropped as well but that's the price of being an early adopter). Maybe Sony wouldn't have done all these feature upgrades if the sales were better and they didn't have the competition from XBOX 360 and Wii.