When's the Next Firmware Release???

HamsterRage · 08-26-2010, 02:16 PM

Hoping one of our regular Kobo staff posters will cruise by and see this thread.

It's been almost 2 months now, I'm itchin' for some new features. Bring it on!

JCKobo · 08-26-2010, 03:05 PM

We have a big announcement with a firmware upgrade coming in the next month or so. Hold on tight

HamsterRage · 08-26-2010, 03:19 PM

49 minutes for an answer.

"Next month or so", seems vaguely long to have to wait. I'm ready now!

JCKobo · 08-26-2010, 03:23 PM

Unfortunately I'm just hear to tease you.

There is at least two extremely popular feature requests that we have implemented and will have in the next update.

In all seriousness, firmware updates need A LOT of testing, especially compared to software apps on other platforms. If we could do them faster, we would!

HamsterRage · 08-26-2010, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCKobo

Unfortunately I'm just hear to tease you.

There is at least two extremely popular feature requests that we have implemented and will have in the next update.

In all seriousness, firmware updates need A LOT of testing, especially compared to software apps on other platforms. If we could do them faster, we would!

I know. I build software for a living.

Flyingpig · 08-26-2010, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCKobo

Unfortunately I'm just hear to tease you.

There is at least two extremely popular feature requests that we have implemented and will have in the next update.

In all seriousness, firmware updates need A LOT of testing, especially compared to software apps on other platforms. If we could do them faster, we would!

Let me guess, PDF reflow should be one of them. And, I am expecting external fonts for epubs as well.

Ghoda · 08-26-2010, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingpig

Let me guess, PDF reflow should be one of them. And, I am expecting external fonts for epubs as well.

And here I was thinking it will be adjustable margins and book covers at power-down

wrenn1 · 08-26-2010, 07:57 PM

I remember when Kobo teased us with that newspaper thing a few months ago. "vague" is very clever.

taming · 08-26-2010, 08:28 PM

Sameer said, at one point, that they had hoped to get PDF reflow into 1.4, but ran into glitches, so I am guessing that is one of them. If I were a betting kinda gal, I'd look for a fix for the whole I'm reading sync issue, but who knows?

roguefan99 · 08-26-2010, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCKobo

There is at least two extremely popular feature requests that we have implemented and will have in the next update.

In all seriousness, firmware updates need A LOT of testing, especially compared to software apps on other platforms. If we could do them faster, we would!

Are you counting the previously announced return of the covers in those two?

I'm sure we all understand that you need to do the testing on the firmware, I'm sure no one on this forum would like a bricked kobo. I think its just that we had the big "rush of news" previously, then some "in the next firmware" news and then silence.

BTW: I was wondering when the next update would be too, I'm hanging for my covers to return.

wrenn1 · 08-26-2010, 11:28 PM

I don't care about covers. It is the content of a book that interests me. I rarely sit and look at covers.

I am also ok with the 'I'm reading' bit now that I stay away from kobo.com library and the app. I will either finish a book (which removes it) or if I know I won't finish I will remove it using ADE.

I would like to see faster loading once I am ready to read.

videomilk · 08-27-2010, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCKobo

We have a big announcement with a firmware upgrade coming in the next month or so. Hold on tight

Hi, Can you tell us if the page turning speed it being worked on. I just used a friends kindle 3 and the speed difference is very very noticable. Thanks

jonnybraga · 08-27-2010, 11:57 AM

reading while charging!!!

Deerslayer · 08-27-2010, 03:38 PM

I sure do hope they get rid of those quotes. Somewhere, there was a suggestion that they are actually imbedded in (firmware?). Tell me it ain't so ... please!

Those of us who made a living taming computers learned many decades ago that you never mix data with code. Let alone having that "data" be some Developer's or Manager's idea of what is sage, witty or whatever ...

I really do like my Kobo. The annoyance of the quotes is one of my few gripes. I appreciate the effort that goes into trying to get software to work, and to keep improving it, while trying to satisfy every customer. Keep up the good work, folks!

tpw · 08-27-2010, 07:40 PM

If one of the features is 'removing the auto power off' then I'm all for it. The Kobo is the only device I've ever owned that does it. If it booted in 5 seconds I wouldn't mind so much, but as it is it boots slower than my bloody computer...

Adding new features when the core booklike experience is so badly compromised by dodgy power management workarounds and poor boot performance will probably leave quite a few of us unimpressed.

08-26-2010, 02:16 PM	#1
HamsterRage Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 24326 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	When's the Next Firmware Release??? Hoping one of our regular Kobo staff posters will cruise by and see this thread. It's been almost 2 months now, I'm itchin' for some new features. Bring it on!

08-27-2010, 03:38 PM	#14
Deerslayer Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: KOBO	Ditching the Quotes I sure do hope they get rid of those quotes. Somewhere, there was a suggestion that they are actually imbedded in (firmware?). Tell me it ain't so ... please! Those of us who made a living taming computers learned many decades ago that you never mix data with code. Let alone having that "data" be some Developer's or Manager's idea of what is sage, witty or whatever ... I really do like my Kobo. The annoyance of the quotes is one of my few gripes. I appreciate the effort that goes into trying to get software to work, and to keep improving it, while trying to satisfy every customer. Keep up the good work, folks!

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08-26-2010, 03:05 PM	#2
JCKobo Kobo Product Guy Posts: 244 Karma: 36848 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Vox	We have a big announcement with a firmware upgrade coming in the next month or so. Hold on tight

08-26-2010, 03:19 PM	#3
HamsterRage Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 24326 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	49 minutes for an answer. "Next month or so", seems vaguely long to have to wait. I'm ready now!

08-26-2010, 03:23 PM	#4
JCKobo Kobo Product Guy Posts: 244 Karma: 36848 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Vox	Unfortunately I'm just hear to tease you. There is at least two extremely popular feature requests that we have implemented and will have in the next update. In all seriousness, firmware updates need A LOT of testing, especially compared to software apps on other platforms. If we could do them faster, we would!

08-26-2010, 07:57 PM	#8
wrenn1 Addict Posts: 259 Karma: 48576 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	I remember when Kobo teased us with that newspaper thing a few months ago. "vague" is very clever.

08-26-2010, 08:28 PM	#9
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Sameer said, at one point, that they had hoped to get PDF reflow into 1.4, but ran into glitches, so I am guessing that is one of them. If I were a betting kinda gal, I'd look for a fix for the whole I'm reading sync issue, but who knows?

08-26-2010, 11:28 PM	#11
wrenn1 Addict Posts: 259 Karma: 48576 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	I don't care about covers. It is the content of a book that interests me. I rarely sit and look at covers. I am also ok with the 'I'm reading' bit now that I stay away from kobo.com library and the app. I will either finish a book (which removes it) or if I know I won't finish I will remove it using ADE. I would like to see faster loading once I am ready to read.

08-27-2010, 11:57 AM	#13
jonnybraga Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	reading while charging!!!

08-27-2010, 07:40 PM	#15
tpw Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 250 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: Kobo, Sony PRS650	If one of the features is 'removing the auto power off' then I'm all for it. The Kobo is the only device I've ever owned that does it. If it booted in 5 seconds I wouldn't mind so much, but as it is it boots slower than my bloody computer... Adding new features when the core booklike experience is so badly compromised by dodgy power management workarounds and poor boot performance will probably leave quite a few of us unimpressed.