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taming · 07-11-2011, 08:52 PM

My sense is that the deal is that they have one development team and that they will almost always be assigned to working on the newer hardware, rather than adapting/rejigging for the older stuff. I know that the DX did not get an update and the older Sonys languish. Could Kobo 1 be more advanced than it is? I am sure it could be. Is it reasonable for a relatively small company to use their developers to improve what is for them a legacy device, well, maybe not if they want to stay in business and have cutting edge products.

I can see (though I have no insider info) that they may at some point improve the Kobo WiFi--which some folks here have said will continue to be in production--but the Kobo-1, that seems less likely.

It makes sense to me, but then again, I have a growing pile of cell phones sitting in a drawer someplace, too.

PS: I didn't feel blamed, LOL. It was Kobo staff who said they had pretty much reached the limit of what they could do with Kobo 1.

07-11-2011, 08:52 PM	#5
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	My sense is that the deal is that they have one development team and that they will almost always be assigned to working on the newer hardware, rather than adapting/rejigging for the older stuff. I know that the DX did not get an update and the older Sonys languish. Could Kobo 1 be more advanced than it is? I am sure it could be. Is it reasonable for a relatively small company to use their developers to improve what is for them a legacy device, well, maybe not if they want to stay in business and have cutting edge products. I can see (though I have no insider info) that they may at some point improve the Kobo WiFi--which some folks here have said will continue to be in production--but the Kobo-1, that seems less likely. It makes sense to me, but then again, I have a growing pile of cell phones sitting in a drawer someplace, too. PS: I didn't feel blamed, LOL. It was Kobo staff who said they had pretty much reached the limit of what they could do with Kobo 1. Last edited by taming; 07-11-2011 at 09:00 PM.