I'm of two minds on this one. I enjoy my first gen Kobo ... but am a little miffed that with my purchasing it on the August 1st long weekend ... at it's full price ... it's now considered "old". I mean I know that technology zips along and that basically if you can purchase it, it's obsolete ... but I think that 2 months is a little fast!
That said, my Kobo works fine ... the epub books that I borrow from the library provide me with lots of hours of enjoyment.
Just a note to Kobo though ... I understand that the WiFi Kobo's dictionary only works for books purchased from Kobobooks.com ... and if that's true that would be a deal breaker for me purchasing it. I detest any sort of proprietary thinking ... and feel that I should be able to use a dictionary on any book ... whether purchased or borrowed from the library.
Anyway ... I'm not overly anxious for a new firmware release. I have grown accustomed to the speed
[or lack thereof] of "waking up" and page turns ... and I can't say that either bothers me.
Now when I purchased an ereader for my husband, I went with the PRS 650 because it had features that the Kobo lacked ... and the dictionary function is important for Hubby's reading experience. It's much faster ... but then it was $100 more than my original Kobo.
I was kind of hoping that he'd hate it ... and would therefore pass it along to me ... but so far he loves it!
Mary