I would have liked more improvements in the hardware for a new Kobo but I also don't think it hurts the consumer to release a slight spec bumped device now. I really think the updated reader is very similar to the old device, the software changes from the new device should be fairly compatible with the old one too. We won't have the faster processor, WiFi or 16 levels of gray but the dictionary, library improvements, etc could be used with few changes on the old devices*.
* The changing the display -> shop button isn't a great indicator that they wanted to keep the firmware fairly device agnostic though.
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Originally Posted by digital_steve
I'm wondering if the dictionary works with KOBO bought books that have had their DRM stripped.
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I doubt it, to strip the DRM from a Kobo book would require the book in ePub format. From what I understand it's only the Kobo-format books (which are
not ePub) which support dictionary.
Does the dictionary support work with WiFi disabled/no signal? I wonder if the dictionary support requires a data connection or whether they build in a dictionary storage function on the device itself. If WiFi is required for the dictionary then obviously this feature wouldn't be portable to old Kobo.