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Originally Posted by polbit
While I normally defend Amazon, that is one major problem that they do have - as soon as new version of the device comes out, they stop providing meaningful updates for the older devices.
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It's hit or miss. It's happened with some devices, but not with others.
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I learned that the hard way with Kindle DX (even though I had the same hardware as the new, smaller Kindles),
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You basically have a large screen Kindle 2, not sure what the DX didn't get that the K2 did. AFAIK they both got collections which was the big update back then.
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and now my wife learned it the hard way with her Kindle HD - no collections for her (most wanted feature for her and me btw), even though there is no technical reason not to offer it.
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I agree, that's annoying but I have no idea if there's a technical reason that the 2012 HD can't run Mojito or not (such as the size of the OS partition). Of course they could go back and add it to the old OS. AFAIK they haven't said they wouldn't yet so it could still come I suppose (but I wouldn't hold my breath).
With Amazon selling these units at cost it's always best to not expect any features but what the unit ships with (or maybe what's promised at release since they sometimes promise coming soon features then). Of course that's true with every type of gadget. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them keep offering new features on old stuff and I'm generally happy when they do, but I don't expect it.
If my HDX gets zero updates from today on I think I'd be fine with it. It does everything I expect it too as is. Of course if next years devices get some cool new feature I may change my tune.
