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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
I didn't want this to get lost in the thread. Kobo Touch released a 1.9.4 software update yesterday, delivered over wifi. I pressed the "cloud update" icon on the home screen and it started to download the update in 10% increments. You could see the progress report at the top of the screen but it didn't interfere with doing anything. I think the process took 20 or 30 seconds. Then a screen popped up and asked me if I wanted to install now and this would require an auto reboot ... or ... I can wait until the device next went to sleep.
The result was: noticeably faster page turns, an option when a book is open to see advanced settings with a mid-page tap and that's where you set the refresh (defaulted to six pages), and they've done something to impact the residual ghosting even with the default setting. If I take my reading glasses off and put my nose to the screen I was (finally) able to see the faint ghosting that lasted for five screens with the previous update (1.9.2). Now, I can't see it leaving the default setting of 6 page turns.
Also, it seems like they have tweaked the speed of wifi re-connections. It's a total guess, of course, but I wonder if these trade-offs slightly impact battery life. It's certainly worth it if that's the case.
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Glad you are enjoying the update. We don't project any battery impact due to the changes based on our testing.