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sabredog · 11-09-2010, 08:27 PM

Very true Steve

When I purchased my Kobo back in July, I had the advantage of knowing what many of the issues were. To me at the time (and now) they were not that important as it still would function as an ereader to me. I decided not to measure it against my superb PRS-300, which cost me almost as much.

My Kobo has performed well indeed, the SD card firmware upgrade was seamless and it does what it does even with the known issues it has. I have read 30 ebooks on my Kobo to date since purchase.

I am already looking at a new reader for the future but am not sure if the new Ko2 will be the one to choose.

I think some of the issue is Amazon released the Kindle 3 at such a low price. It seriously undermined Kobo's position of entry level reader merely on cost and this I believe, is why the Ko2 was released for purchase so quickly after the Ko1. Since the focus of late was on ironing out Ko2 issues, the Ko1 has sadly had to sit on the sidelines.

At least the staff is willing to answer questions and be active participants, even as the frustration of Ko1 owners grows.

11-09-2010, 08:27 PM	#102
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,630 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	Very true Steve When I purchased my Kobo back in July, I had the advantage of knowing what many of the issues were. To me at the time (and now) they were not that important as it still would function as an ereader to me. I decided not to measure it against my superb PRS-300, which cost me almost as much. My Kobo has performed well indeed, the SD card firmware upgrade was seamless and it does what it does even with the known issues it has. I have read 30 ebooks on my Kobo to date since purchase. I am already looking at a new reader for the future but am not sure if the new Ko2 will be the one to choose. I think some of the issue is Amazon released the Kindle 3 at such a low price. It seriously undermined Kobo's position of entry level reader merely on cost and this I believe, is why the Ko2 was released for purchase so quickly after the Ko1. Since the focus of late was on ironing out Ko2 issues, the Ko1 has sadly had to sit on the sidelines. At least the staff is willing to answer questions and be active participants, even as the frustration of Ko1 owners grows.