Yah, so I jumped on board tonight as well at the Manulife Chapters. Even though I wanted the Blue one (sold only at Best Buy / Future Shop and not until Jun 24) ... what the heck ... Black is chic!
I chose to follow the instructions ...
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www.kobosetup.com ... and allowed it to do its thing even though I already have Kobo Desktop (since I have an OK and KW already).
I like the slider on button; not crazy about the micro SD but then I'm unlikely to use it; I don't mind the new micro USB since that's what the Kindle and my Blackberyr use; currently my 97 books are still "syncing".
It came pretty much fully charged and I played a moments with the menus. The touch seems very responsive.
Nice touch on the desktop: all the titles in my library I have not yet bought (these are a pseudo wish list) now pop up on the shelves with "free preview".