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I never had the T1 or T2 as a comparison. My first reader was the 350 and it's still my favorite reader of choice. As far as being lazy about firmware updates, it works perfectly as it should, period. There's no need for firmware updates every month like Kobo does (in fact, that's one of the things I absolutely hate about the Kobo, they don't fix current bugs and introduce new ones with each firmware, and finally changed the UI to something I think is just ugly). When the reader is rock solid and functions as it should, there's no need to keep changing the firmware.
I bought the Kobo Glo for the light, there are a lot of times when I need it and don't want the bulk of carrying an extra light with me plus the extra batteries. I love the light on the Glo, I think it's the most even and best lighted reader out there right now. But in everything else, the 350 blows the Glo away. One of the most annoying issues with the Glo is that Calibre keeps disconnecting the reader when transferring books if you use WinXP and AMD processors. So if I don't want to be plagued by errors and disconnecting/re-connecting the reader constantly for book swaps, I need to dig out a netbook with Windows 7 that I only use for traveling, update the Calibre library there first, and then transfer books.
I know about the article that said Sony will never have a built-in light, but I'm still hoping it's wrong and they will give in. I'd buy a new Sony in a heartbeat and get rid of the Glo if the next one had a built-in light.
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