Hi King76:
I'm curious (as I'm looking at this device myself)
Here is the youtube vid after the firmware update.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgTf72xjh9s
Around 1:05 Peter is demonstrating the note app and the pen does appear faster than the their intial video demonstration pre-firmware.
Is your device slower than this with the update?
2nd question:
"I did not think it should have been written softly for it to work."
I'm not quite following what you're saying. Wouldn't fret too much if you still have buyers remorse King76. I imagine u can sell it here or ebay (granted there really isn't anything wrong w/ur device) without losing too much $... These purchases are always gambles.