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Originally Posted by Fugubot
If this is a thread about the NEXT generation of Sony's reader, why are people requesting new features for the current edition? Assuming that Sony has finite resources, it is more likely that it will save new features for the new machine rather than work on improving the old model.
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When Microsoft release a new version of Windows CE, I don't have to go out and buy a new Pocket PC; I can re-flash the ROM of my current HP iPaq Pocket PC and gain the features of the new version.
I would sincerely hope that Sony will add such things as a hierarchical file system and make that available on the current Reader. Absolutely no technical reason this couldn't and shouldn't be done.
If course if they change the hardware - eg add a touch screen, colour, WiFi, or whatever, one would have to buy a "next generation" machine to take advantage of the new hardware, but simple software changes would, I hope, be made available to people who've bought the older machines.