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Yes, artificial and Redrover, you're right that the "solution" provided is a kludge to save the battery of those Kobos that are eating up battery life. And the cost is the slow startup of all Kobos, including those who didn't have the problem in the first place.
What really annoys me is this story about the overall battery life covering it up. Now obviously I don't have figures on the life expectancy of a Kobo with or without 1.4 firmware installed, but I do know enough about commercial rechargeable batteries to know that their overall life is a function primarily of their quality (therefore cost), and not how they are used. Blaming the charging process is something we all got used to with NiCd batteries in the old days, but that should not be a significant issue with modern battery technology.
Clint, thanks for attempting to calm things down, but Kobo need to realise that they've turned their device from something I used to look forward to using to one that really annoys me each time I pick it up. Instead of buying two more I'm now trolling the internet looking for alternatives or news of when Kindles will turn up in NZ. The comment about "one page turn less than 8000" is nonsense, as we all know these kinds of figures are "best possible" estimates and no-one would complain if it were, say, more than half that.
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