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Old 08-12-2009, 07:20 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by igorsk View Post
The official reason of no firmware update for the 500 was that it's too underpowered to handle EPUB. It might even be true. Since LRF works fine as is, why else would they work on an update? It certainly won't bring them any new users and will take the resources (development, testing, documentation, release engineering etc) that are better spent on the current models. It's all about effort and return.
Sounds like more of an official excuse to me. They left the door open - and i doubt the resources needed would be overwhelmed by lifting a finger and putting together a firmware update using code already used by the 505 etc.
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