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Originally Posted by Hadrien
Well... on the other hand you can turn off your Cybook easily, unlike the Sony Reader. Even though you can add a real off button for the Sony, you still get a VERY long booting time.
It's part software based, part hardware based. You can really improve your battery life with the right software too (for example what the community did for the iLiad using PDF).
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To piggyback a little. The battery drain is from hardware but software controls the hardware so there are techniques to shut more of the hardware down to get longer battery life. If you have the ability to completely turn it off then the battery life gets really long but then you might have a long start up period. It is clear that Sony has been out longer and has the trade off down to a pretty good number. Compare that with the iLiad which would only last about 15 hours last time I checked. This unit, at a week, is well on its way and is sufficient for a great number of people although you can't win a contest of "my ebook reader lasts longer that yours" if that is your goal.
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