I would like to know the same

That's good to know...sorta sad that I just realized that my device has been discontinued but glad to hear that updates, and fixes will still occur. Will there be notifications or something to alert PogoPlug Pro device users when an update will occur along with a list of what the update is doing (or what new features it's providing)?

Lastly, has anyone noticed any improvement when the PogoPlug Pro or any of the PogoPlug devices processes media? Currently, my device can take upwards to 3hrs or more to process media (strange as once it did this when I haven't made any changes to the files on the drives, why would it continue to take that long?).

Is that length of time tied into the drive itself?

So far I am pleased with my PogoPlug Pro (still working on getting the videos to stream to my iOS devices, even files that work on the device fine via iTunes will not stream until they are 'processed' which again incurs lengthy time frames).