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Old 03-02-2015, 09:08 AM   #16
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Given no new official firmware for the Glo and that the Glo's page on Kobo's website no longer works, that is a strong indication of the Glo being discontinued. You click Buy Now and you get "Sorry, but this page isn’t available.".
As Peter pointed out above, this may be true for you, but the info page and buy page both still work in Canada. I suspect that it is coming to the end of it's life, but it's not officially dead yet.
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As Peter pointed out above, this may be true for you, but the info page and buy page both still work in Canada. I suspect that it is coming to the end of it's life, but it's not officially dead yet.
The Glo page also is dead in the Kobo UK store.
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Huh? 3.13.1 was released in Japan. It was ONLY released for the Glo and the Aura H2O. How is that not "new official firmware for the Glo"? And if you use that as the justification for a device to disappear, then it would be the Aura, not the Glo.

And of course, there has been three firmware releases since the last one for the Touch. Has it been discontinued?
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Huh? 3.13.1 was released in Japan. It was ONLY released for the Glo and the Aura H2O. How is that not "new official firmware for the Glo"? And if you use that as the justification for a device to disappear, then it would be the Aura, not the Glo.

And of course, there has been three firmware releases since the last one for the Touch. Has it been discontinued?
My mistake. But would the Glo no longer be for sale in the US/UK version of the Kobo website if it was not being phased out?
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My mistake. But would the Glo no longer be for sale in the US/UK version of the Kobo website if it was not being phased out?
My assumption when the "Buy now" button didn't work was that someone had broken something. But with your logic, what does it say that pressing the buy now on the Aura HD page takes me to the page that tells me there is no stock? If any device has been discontinued, that's the one I'd pick.
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My assumption when the "Buy now" button didn't work was that someone had broken something. But with your logic, what does it say that pressing the buy now on the Aura HD page takes me to the page that tells me there is no stock? If any device has been discontinued, that's the one I'd pick.
I've set my location to the UK, US, and CA and each store gives me Sorry, but this page isn’t available. when I click the Buy Now button.
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They might stop selling it, but I believe they have more Glo out there than any of the Auras, it would be foolish to stop supporting it now.
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The links for the mini and the glo on the US Kobo site have pointed to the "Sorry this page is not available" link for quite a while now. I'm not sure how long--but I'm pretty sure it's been over a month. And, I believe (although I'm not 100% sure) that the link for the mini has pointed to that page for even longer than the glo. So, it does appear to me that Kobo is phasing both of these out. But, as GERGE pointed out, that doesn't mean they'll be dropping support for the glo. But, my guess is that firmware releases will become fewer and farther in between--it'll follow in the mini's footsteps.
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I've set my location to the UK, US, and CA and each store gives me Sorry, but this page isn’t available. when I click the Buy Now button.
Well apparently Kobo just doesn't want to sell you one. I just clicked all the way through to the checkout from here in Canada and it was more than happy to sell it to me.
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Well apparently Kobo just doesn't want to sell you one. I just clicked all the way through to the checkout from here in Canada and it was more than happy to sell it to me.
I changed my IP to a Canadian IP and the link to buy a Glo worked. But it doesn't work when my IP is US or UK.
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