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Originally Posted by charmian
Speaking only of the US market, the question is, will B&N and Kobo adopt this standard without updating all the firmware on their discontinued devices?
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My guess is that Kobo might have a bigger US share than you give them credit for (I can't back that up, it's just a gut feel). But regardless they are probably in a little better position since other than the original Kobo and the Kobo Wifi, all the e-ink devices are using basically the same firmware. So they only need to update current firmware and they'll cover off the vast majority of their devices in use. While the original Kobo was market changer in it's day (for bringing e-reader prices down to a mass market range), I suspect a large percentage of them have been retired because they were a pretty basic device. There are probably more Kobo Wifi's still in use and they could be more of an issue in terms of what you suggest.