Thread: Kobo Aura One review
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Old 08-19-2016, 06:36 AM   #91
davidfor
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Originally Posted by johnnyb View Post
Looks like an interesting device, but what about software quality? Is it any improvement over current firmware in terms of stability and features (except Overdrive which only works in a couple of markets)? I'm particularly interested in PDF annotation (would be blast not having to use Koreader anymore which always introduces two new bugs with every one removed) and yes, speed and stability of the database. These are my main problems with my H2O so yet again, I find myself using my jailbreaked Kindle much more often than my Kobo...
Kobo use the same code to compile all the same executables for the firmware for all their devices. The only real differences are some device drivers and images that are specific to the devices. The firmware on the Aura One will be the next version. That means it is 3.20.something. Kobo will probably release this to the other devices some time after the Aura One is actually released. How long is the question and whether the new function will be enabled is the other. What other function has been added to the firmware, the reviewers have been so dazzled by the new lighting, they haven't really shown anything else.

All this means is that you should not expect it to be a lot different. It should have some bugs fixed, it should have some new function. But, I wouldn't expect anything new in the reading experience. And as Kobo uses the RMSDK for PDFs, it is very unlikely there are any changes in annotations.
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