Thread: Firmware 3.0.0 0cbc3626b3
View Single Post
Old 11-25-2013, 06:27 AM   #170
davidfor
Grand Sorcerer
davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.davidfor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 24,905
Karma: 47303824
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anak View Post
I've said it before: Kobo should have started to develop a totally new firmware from scratch when it introduced the 6" Aura and roll it out only to the newer devices such as the Aura HD.
That would be a fairly stupid thing to do. The amount of work involved would be to big. And, as with any new software project, the number of bugs in the early versions are much higher than the later versions. I think that Kobo's basic strategy is right. The problem is that you, me, everyone else here and Kobo all have different ideas on what the exact direction should be and what the important bugs to fix are.
Quote:
And putting the Touch, Glo (and probably Mini) EOL as these devices are 3 years old. I'm sure a lot of bugs would be gone permanently if Kobo had done that.
You should check your facts. The Glo and Mini were released in September or October 2012. That makes them 14 months old. The Touch was originally release in June 2011, so it is about 2.5 years old. But, there have been three different hardware version so far. I keep expecting it to disappear, but it is apparently still a very popular model.
Quote:
IMHO, the reappearing bugs are becoming really embarassing or awkward for Kobo and is certainly not contributing to a positive brandawareness.

P.S. If Kobo wants to keep a non-frontlight device in its line of e-readers then develop/redesign a new Kobo Touch and call it Touch HD (Specs of the Glo but without the frontlight).
An interesting idea, but it would need to be a lot less expensive than the Glo to make it worthwhile. I suspect this isn't possible.
davidfor is offline   Reply With Quote