Thread: I bricked my kobo while updating
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Old 01-01-2013, 06:57 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Sorry to disagree but I've been in open betas for various bits of software. My experience is that those open betas didn't add much in the way of improvements over closed betas.
It really isn't about offering improvements to the beta testing, but about finding the showstoppers earlier.

As things currently stand, Kobo is effectively doing an open beta, but to the general population. The last three (or is it now four) releases have all had showstoppers that required the release to be pulled and then a bug fix release shortly thereafter. And lots of posts about bugs on public forums.

If they had an open beta, then the people that wanted the latest firmware would get it without having to sideload it and presumably the bug infestation conversations would be limited to non-public forums hosted by Kobo.

Since Kobo is currently having a week or two period where they release the new firmware to some members of the public but not others, this would effectively have no impact on the normal public user.
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