I was excited about the Nano S, but becoming less so as I try to use it. I thought when I set one up a couple months back that it was functional but a pain. Now I can't make it connect at all, let alone every 5 or 6 tries like before. Some say its the cord, but having tried 3 different ones (but not the one I eventually made work sporadically earlier) I can't even use the damn thing, and their support is shit. /rant
The open source Monero hardware wallet can't arrive soon enough.
Ah yes there's another exciting thing. The Monero H/W wallet project. Also rumors of the Trezor getting it too...
Sorry to hear that you had problems with the ledger, Explorer. Mine works like a charm... I wonder what's up with yours... are you using Linux? I use mine both on windows and arch linux. I don't think I've ever had a problem getting it to connect. But I did have to get the right libraries in drivers installed in arch. But once I did everything was working fine.
Originally set up on windows. Typical message was plug it in and enter PIN. Typical response was crickets. Eventually If I kept trying it would recognize it and function (I set up 2 at that time, same issues) Now I'm trying to use the Ledger chrome apps on Chromium with Linux, and can't get any device recognition at all. Chromium gets the apps no problem. Tried 4 USB ports, all check out with my phone, so they are good. It's the Ledger Apps that don't seem to recognize it. Frustration barely describes it.