[booklover6]

I just received a Kobo Touch (it's for my teenage son). I wasn't sure what I was getting...the seller listed it as the one with 2gb, but it actually has 1 gb. According to the MR wiki this model came out in May 2011.

I assume this is the one without the internal memory SD card that can be removed.

When was the Kobo Touch with 2gb internal memory released? I can't find any differentiation. Is the second iteration the one with the internal SD card?

Wikipedia has the Kobo Touch with 2gb internal memory coming out in May 2011. (Same date as the one with 1gb? I doubt that).

Does anyone know why Kobo released 2 versions of the Kobo Touch? Were there more than 2 versions of the Touch?

The reader is really nice...makes me mad that I didn't try the Kobo when this one came out in 2011. (I was using the Kindle Keyboard then, didn't get the Kindle Touch that year, either).

So if anyone wants to share the history of this nice reader, I'd be obliged.

This device seems to have a severely bad battery. My son only uses it about 10 minutes a day. So I guess it will have to stay on the charger the rest of the time. ETA Factory Reset seems to have corrected the battery drain issue.