....4) there is a woman who posted a great fix for the Clara HD. Search youtube for 'kobo clara fix'. She describes putting electrical tape on the sides of the screen. And I've heard from others that this works!... I was anticipating having to do this too, but I found that actually, if you just take off the back cover and press the backside of the screen against the front bezel, the side lighting disappears. It seems that the double sided tape there just needs a little more help. So, I don't even need to wrap my screen in electrical tape. Just one other possibility for those inclined to try to fix the issue.
**Just a thought ... seems like its the High Temps causing this Sticky Problem

Hopefully when I order mine the problem will be solved by Kobo or the Temps going down.
...2. The built in SD card is a Sandisk Edge 8GB.
**Anything else needed done for the switch to work?