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I bought the new wi-fi version today and it's looking pretty good so far. Much faster and there's a few changes; some good and not so good.
The good: faster startup and page loading. I'd say it's twice as fast as the original model when moving from page to page. Quicker power on, from sleep mode it's almost instant and from powered off it's about 30 seconds. Menu choice shows the battery level and if wifi is enabled. In the settings, you can now choose sleep and power preferences to show a cover or the KOBO screen on power off or sleep which is a handy way to see if it's powered off or sleeping. You can also choose to continue reading while the Kobo is recharging.
The wireless setup works good although it's only for the Kobo store. After I setup my wireless for my home network, it remembered my connection after I'd turned off the Kobo and turned it back on. It doesn't see other computers on the network and there's no way to send files to the device through the wifi other than the store. I don't see a upgrade feature for firmware included (hope this comes).
Another nice feature is that you can now delete books from the Kobo. You do this by going to the BOOKS section and finding the book and then choose menu and do the delete. SD card capacity seems to be increased according to the KOBO store site as they say you can use a card up to 32 gigs. Screen resolution has increased in greyscale to 16 level and this is a nice improvement.
The not so good: You don't have the option to hide the pre-loaded books. The big blue button is now grey or black but is the same although slightly quieter than the original. There's also an extra step now when you connect it to the computer as you have to choose to "manage library" before the computer will see it as a device. Calibre also doesn't see it as a device yet.
The book summary option doesn't show up either, which is something I liked with the original.
Overall, a good improvement over the original. I like it so far.
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