Yeah, I'd still recommend the KT, but I'm not disagreeing with nesler's points. The main thing he pointed out which I really agree with is how each time a bug is fixed, a new one crops up. The last two I can think of:

1.9.10 Fixes storage error, introduces cut-off lines at the bottom of pages
1.9.11 Fixes cut-off lines, stops Reading Stats from recording new data

And these are just the ones I've experienced. The problems seem to vary wildly. Some people can't even use their SD cards anymore with 1.9.11. Yet I don't have that issue, and all of my books are DRM-stripped and sideloaded from my SD card. A lot of people were having the random storage errors, but my unit was fine until the morning of 1.9.10's release.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd prefer it if there was some consistency with the bugs. But there isn't. They're the same issues, sure, but they occur apparently randomly. Remember the thread where people tried to work out what triggered the storage error?

It's not like there's a wide range of hardware the KT software is running on. It's not like there are fifty different scenarios for the device's use. At its heart, it's a single purpose device. And it's just the one device with the one set of components and only ever one current firmware version.

And they have beta testers. And I'm sure they'll have internal testers. How can so much slip past and get broken every time for a single device with a single company writing all the software for it?

I love my Kobo. I use it every single day. But seriously, all these bugs and issues are endlessly frustrating.