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Originally Posted by Jaden
Well... just as I thought... If you want to sell well in Japan you have to aim for perfection. And the current Kobo Touch firmware is not perfect at all.
Hope they will strive to resolve the problems very soon and will stop to release "half-cooked" firmware...
Fix bugs first, release a stable version, then (if you must) add new features (marketing tools like all that Facebook and Discover stuff...).
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I honestly don't think aiming for perfection is the issue. From the ramblings I have read the issue was mostly because people bought a Kobo, went home and had issues downloading the software and registering the device. Without setting up a Kobo account and registering the device it is useless and cannot be used.
Doesn't matter what country. If Apple release a new iPhone today and had iTunes authentication issues and those who bought the new phone were left with an expensive electronic device which they could only turn on, look at the registration screen and turn off again....it would be a launch failure. If Amazon released the Kindle in to Japan and only 30% of people could register and setup the device....fail.
Anyway as a side note why hasn't any ereader had a connection with goodreads? Facebook seems the rage. Personally I don't and never have used facebook but I doubt not one of your 756 friends care what book you are reading, but those following you on goodreads do. Imagine Pulse linked in with goodreads? Then you'd not be just discussing with the limited people who use Pulse/Kobo but the greater reading community who use goodreads and read via any device/paperback.