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Originally Posted by MDK
Kobo Touch Firmware 1.9.17 and desktop 2.1.7 will be released shortly.
Kobo Touch:
• Improved recognition of page-turn taps
• Home screen correctly remembers your carousel choice
• Improved sync performance
• Fixed rendering of menu items where a word is highlighted
• Fixed trouble connecting to Wi-Fi in some cases
• Option to share your reading activity to Facebook Timeline
• SD card performance has been improved
• Other stability and performance improvements
Desktop:
• Improved Syncing Performance
• Hover over recommendations for more information
• Improved syncing of annotations between eReaders and Desktop software
• Fixed issues with navigating to search results
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements
As usual, special thanks to the beta testers for their feedback!
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March 16th was the last update to firmware and we have not heard anything about another update. I for one would like to see an update or hear about when we can expect one. Its been almost 3 months less 2 days and i am wondering if they plan on any updates or are gearing up for a new product release and will be cutting back on further development on the touch.
I know last year after they came out with the vox i have seen no updates for the original kobo and i am unsure if they plan any updates for the wifi version? So does that mean when they release another new device they will stop development on the touch since its 2 generations old?
If further development is halted i would like it if they open source the older devices so we can bug fix and add features. This would allow older devices to become more usefull as features could be added and bugs fixed by third party developers. I'm sure because of things like DRM and such this might be an unrealistic request but i would like to continue to use my device in years to come and not have to upgrade to newer hardware to get new features that can be supported by current hardware.