Thread: Kobo Glo substitution
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Old 11-06-2016, 08:54 PM   #40
davidfor
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Originally Posted by fantasycamp View Post
My pickle exactly, If they have abandoned their primary weapon to mount a challenge for Paperwhite 3, and went to downgrade, what is for me to do?

If I buy the Glo from ebay, will it have issues with software upgrade 3years later?
For the Glo, maybe not. For the newer devices, probably. Kobo are still updating the firmware for all the device from the Touch and on. We haven't had a release since January, but I expect one when the updates for the Aura ONE have settled a bit. Hopefully that is before the end of the year.

I think Kobo will stop releasing updates for a device when very few of that device is syncing to the shop. While enough people are using the shop with any particular model, it is in Kobo's interest to keep the device up to date with the the API they use for the shop. And the other changes will flow through with this. The only other reason to stop updating is if there is a hardware limitation in the device. The Touch has only 256MB of RAM. That could be a limiting factor for future changes.
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It would be silly for a company to just give up, they must be cooking something in the basement, and I'm afraid that if I buy now, few months from now they will surprise me with a Kobo GLO HD Freak, that will have slots and all sorts of goodies!
I was surprised when the Glo HD was dropped. I was expecting the Aura H2O to be the one to go. Either Glo HD didn't sell as well as I thought, or the cost is to high for the price point. Or maybe the withdrawal is in preparation for a "Glo ONE" - 6": 300DPI with all the features of the Aura ONE. But the price will probably be more than the Aura H2O.
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