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I'm thinking about upgrading to a Kobo Touch to replace my first generation Kobo eReader (the one that does Bluetooth only). I have two specific questions I was hoping someone could help answer for me that are a bit difficult to try out in a store:

1) Wireless Compatibility

My wireless network is using WPA2-Personal with WPA-TKIP/WPA2-AES encryption with a rather complex passphrase (63 ASCII characters, including a variety of special punctuation symbols such as @#$[]\;<>{}). I've had some difficulties with certain wireless devices (such as the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS) not being able to connect to the network using this complex key.

Can anyone verify for me that Kobo Touch is able to handle complex wireless passphrases properly?

2) Performance

I've been extremely happy with my first gen Kobo when reading standard novels, mostly purchased from the Kobo bookstore. However, I have several DRM-free ePubs purchased from O'Reilly that are rather complex, and the first gen Kobo simply chokes on them. It takes over 10 minutes to detect each of these ePubs, and opening them or changing chapters takes almost as long. The files open flawlessly on my PC and Galaxy Tab.

I saw in a thread here that there are a few hacks that can be done to simplify the CSS in the O'Reilly ePubs, but I'd rather not have to do anything more complicated than drop the ePub on my device, so I'm curious how good/bad the performance is. The Touch seems significantly faster than the original Kobo from playing with it in the store, but it's hard to tell how much better it is when looking at only the included samples.

How is the Kobo Touch at processing complex ePubs such as the ones from O'Reilly?

Thanks.