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pleochroic · 07-04-2010, 09:27 AM

because my kobo's battery life has been deteriorating badly during the last week, and the support person told me to first try the upgrade instead of sending it in for replacement, i upgraded as soon as i saw the message that the early access program made it available.

the upgrade itself went very well -- everything was clearly explained, things happened as they were supposed to happen, and wow, nothing got hosed. very happy with that; well done, kobo peeps. (mac OSX leopard.)

the font scaling fixes are great; i checked all my books with prior problems and they work fine now. yay!

one book that had DRM problems no longer has them, another one still does. need to investigate further.

communication about whether the kobo is on or off: nice. i can't say that i miss the cover, but i'll predict that as many people will miss it as others will be happy their reading choice is no longer displayed for the world to see -- me, i think that should be configurable.

charging light works and makes sense now. excellent!

hiding the 100 books -- i really do want to delete almost all of them (imagine this: i have actually read most. the wonders of a classical education). but not seeing them for the time being is acceptable. i'm not annoyed enough with their presence to issue manual SQL commands.

battery life: i wish i knew. during the first few weeks i had my kobo battery life was excellent (though no 8000 page turns). before the upgrade it had deteriorated so i had to recharge every 2 days. now it's harder for me to tell because i can no longer control how long the device is actually on, and we all know booting takes a lot of power. cursory glance at the battery indicator seems to show that i haven't gained much, if any battery life. btw, does that indicator now work even if the kobo doesn't get shut off?

sleep and shutdown: sleep mode is great. but the duration is for the birds. i don't need my kobo to sleep for 15 minutes; that's not how i use it. and i definitely don't want a forced shutdown!!! the kobo takes too long to boot for me to ever want to shut it off unless i am actually not using it for many hours -- which is not happening except for sleep. i hate forced shutdowns. i don't want to wait 40 seconds to restart reading (i never shut my computers off either), i don't want to have the frequent reboots drain my power more than the shutdown saves, i don't want to lose the book i am reading each time! guys, i am actually willing to live with only 2 days battery life, but i am very much not willing to put up with the forced shutdown.

i wanted to praise you for this upgrade, and so much of it seems very well done. but the shutdown is a real downer. normally it wouldn't be a deal breaker, and i am never gonna buy a kindle -- but other ereaders are dropping in price as well, so your winning margin has just shrunk a considerable lot in my book.

07-04-2010, 09:27 AM	#67
pleochroic Member Posts: 21 Karma: 22 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: kobo, OLPC XO	because my kobo's battery life has been deteriorating badly during the last week, and the support person told me to first try the upgrade instead of sending it in for replacement, i upgraded as soon as i saw the message that the early access program made it available. the upgrade itself went very well -- everything was clearly explained, things happened as they were supposed to happen, and wow, nothing got hosed. very happy with that; well done, kobo peeps. (mac OSX leopard.) the font scaling fixes are great; i checked all my books with prior problems and they work fine now. yay! one book that had DRM problems no longer has them, another one still does. need to investigate further. communication about whether the kobo is on or off: nice. i can't say that i miss the cover, but i'll predict that as many people will miss it as others will be happy their reading choice is no longer displayed for the world to see -- me, i think that should be configurable. charging light works and makes sense now. excellent! hiding the 100 books -- i really do want to delete almost all of them (imagine this: i have actually read most. the wonders of a classical education). but not seeing them for the time being is acceptable. i'm not annoyed enough with their presence to issue manual SQL commands. battery life: i wish i knew. during the first few weeks i had my kobo battery life was excellent (though no 8000 page turns). before the upgrade it had deteriorated so i had to recharge every 2 days. now it's harder for me to tell because i can no longer control how long the device is actually on, and we all know booting takes a lot of power. cursory glance at the battery indicator seems to show that i haven't gained much, if any battery life. btw, does that indicator now work even if the kobo doesn't get shut off? sleep and shutdown: sleep mode is great. but the duration is for the birds. i don't need my kobo to sleep for 15 minutes; that's not how i use it. and i definitely don't want a forced shutdown!!! the kobo takes too long to boot for me to ever want to shut it off unless i am actually not using it for many hours -- which is not happening except for sleep. i hate forced shutdowns. i don't want to wait 40 seconds to restart reading (i never shut my computers off either), i don't want to have the frequent reboots drain my power more than the shutdown saves, i don't want to lose the book i am reading each time! guys, i am actually willing to live with only 2 days battery life, but i am very much not willing to put up with the forced shutdown. i wanted to praise you for this upgrade, and so much of it seems very well done. but the shutdown is a real downer. normally it wouldn't be a deal breaker, and i am never gonna buy a kindle -- but other ereaders are dropping in price as well, so your winning margin has just shrunk a considerable lot in my book.