10-28-2010, 02:38 AM | #16 | |
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I guess the big concern is competition and keeping up with the Goliaths of the industry with the handful of people we have. And sometimes yeah some things get prioritized over others. But the Kobo 2 is now out and we're now working on the next highest priority... |
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10-28-2010, 09:49 AM | #17 | |
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10-28-2010, 10:39 AM | #18 |
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I would love to have had the update to original Kobo by now. I do try to keep in mind though that since May we have had one major firmware update (1.4). We also have had two desktop updates that solved some of the big issues that people were clamoring for and thought would come through the next firmware/software update, rather than through the desktop. I am talking about the behaviour of the syncing/I'm reading feature and now, the addition of books and magazines.
I guess I understand that it made more sense to build for Kobo WiFi and then adapt for the original (with less speed, a different Db structure) I also know that Kobo was doing both the improvements to the original Kobo and the development of the WiFi simultaneously and that what we are now waiting for is the part that that brings features together given the hardware limitations of the Kobo 1 |
10-28-2010, 11:24 AM | #19 | |
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should slow it down to match normal usage. In fact, forgetting older device is not smart decision. We are not some guys with old device. We are customers, who buy books and keep doing that. Mess with application, let them freeze the reader and all those early adopters would go somewhere else. Personally, I would avoid sleep and do all in my might to solve bugs. That is the way I manage things in my life, not I'm saying vendor has to do the same. |
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10-28-2010, 11:37 AM | #20 |
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10-28-2010, 12:10 PM | #22 | |
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10-28-2010, 12:57 PM | #23 |
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Supporting Blackberry may mean something different now that they have a new operating system with scads of users still using the older one. I'm assuming they want the application to work on both.
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10-28-2010, 01:09 PM | #24 |
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Just to clarify, because a couple of posters seem to be under the wrong impression:
No, you cannot currently get newspapers on the original Kobo. The feature that was added yesterday is not available to first-generation users. And those of us with the first-gen readers have good reason to be upset. This was promised to us ages ago ... and was promised long before the WiFi version was announced. Originally, it was supposed to be available by the end of May. Then that got put off, and now, Kobo newcomers are getting the first crack, while the rest of us have to wait for a firmware update that is coming ... sometime. No one will say when, just "sometime." And "soon." In other words ... when they get around to it. |
10-28-2010, 03:24 PM | #25 |
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I'm of two minds on this one. I enjoy my first gen Kobo ... but am a little miffed that with my purchasing it on the August 1st long weekend ... at it's full price ... it's now considered "old". I mean I know that technology zips along and that basically if you can purchase it, it's obsolete ... but I think that 2 months is a little fast!
That said, my Kobo works fine ... the epub books that I borrow from the library provide me with lots of hours of enjoyment. Just a note to Kobo though ... I understand that the WiFi Kobo's dictionary only works for books purchased from Kobobooks.com ... and if that's true that would be a deal breaker for me purchasing it. I detest any sort of proprietary thinking ... and feel that I should be able to use a dictionary on any book ... whether purchased or borrowed from the library. Anyway ... I'm not overly anxious for a new firmware release. I have grown accustomed to the speed [or lack thereof] of "waking up" and page turns ... and I can't say that either bothers me. Now when I purchased an ereader for my husband, I went with the PRS 650 because it had features that the Kobo lacked ... and the dictionary function is important for Hubby's reading experience. It's much faster ... but then it was $100 more than my original Kobo. I was kind of hoping that he'd hate it ... and would therefore pass it along to me ... but so far he loves it! Mary |
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Sameer,
can you give us an updated eta for the new firmware for the original KOBO? |
10-29-2010, 12:41 AM | #27 | |
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reader as linux node, as it is. And kobo desktop application as a proxy, as it is. Add browser to the game. Small footprint bares from something fancy, but it might be possible. Extending file system to SD card opens horizon for bigger libraries. Usb adapter should be set as host to be used for any kind of communication to the outer world. A lot of work for the result that would not match even the worst netbook. I stopped to feel myself forgotten. Since I have money in my hand, all vendors will pay attention to me. Right? |
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10-29-2010, 08:55 AM | #28 |
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I'm hoping that a firmware fix will allow newspapers to be viewed on the original Kobo. That ability featured significantly in my decision to buy one originally.
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10-29-2010, 09:06 AM | #29 |
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Having worked for a few software vendors over the years, I've seen the issue from the inside. Existing customers get short shrift because they don't really bring much money in through the door while the new product development does generate revenue.
But the speed that this marketplace is moving has probably thrown 9/10 of Kobo's business plan from last winter into the dumpster. Who would have dreamed that Kindle would not only meet, but undercut Kobo's $149 price with a device that still has wireless connectivity? That's gotta put some serious pressure on the R&D guys. On the other hand, you'd have to have had you head buried in the sand up to your waist for the past 30 years to not understand that early adopters ALWAYS take it on the chin in this respect. You pay too much, and the gizmo's obsolete before you know what happened. So suck it up - and I say that as one of them. I bought mine on the 2nd day they were on sale. |
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I understand that early adopters take it on the chin, it's just that most early adopters get the device they were told they were buying, not something that can't perform as advertised. Not even Apple would have the nerve to release new hardware less then 6 months after the launch of a new device. Last edited by Duiker; 10-29-2010 at 10:27 AM. |
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