I did a manual update and can happily report that my device is functioning significantly faster, including page turns and general navigation.
The process was this:
I downloaded:
http://download.kobobooks.com/firmwa...date-2.0.2.zip
I unrared then unzipped the 2.0.2 pack and placed; KoboRoot.tgz, manifest.md5sum, & the upgrade folder in kobo/kobo folder on the device.
Unplugged the kobo from pc then it went through update proceedure.
Even though on the kobo it still says version 2.0 the above mentioned changes are very noticable.