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I've turned of my Sony PRS-900 maybe once or twice in the last 2 months, whenever I am done reading or walking away from it for more than a minute or two I put it in standby mode. I have to recharge my battery about every 2 weeks. |
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I turn off my Sony PRS 505 because if I don't, I find strange things on the screen when I come back to it. (By strange I mean -- not what I expect to see. Like, a different page, or back in the book catalog instead of my last read page, stuff like that.)
I think I'm inadvertantly pushing buttons through the cover (I have the light wedge) and the best way to prevent that is to turn it off. |
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This thread is discussing the very fundamental difference between putting a device into "standby" and turning it off, so it is a fairly important distinction to make .
The so-called "power switch" on the 505 does nothing other than to blank the screen and lock most of the buttons. In order to shut it down, you have to use the menu and select "Shutdown". |
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So I never read up much on the other random e-ink devices. So thanks for the clarification. |
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04-14-2010, 07:19 AM | #25 |
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I turn it OFF instead of on standby if I don't think I'm gonna read anymore that day.
I installed PRS+ on it and made the RIGHT center button OFF button when reading a book. Kept it SIMPLE and battery lasts months! It takes about 40 seconds to start up , so I'm not doing the OFF if there is chance of me reading more that day. Without PRS+ it was a PAIN to turn it OFF because I had to go through 3 menu pages to find it. Now it's EASY and find I use the OFF more often. |
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On the later models of the Sony Reader, sliding and holding the power switch for a few seconds does a shutdown, which makes it considerably more convenient.
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04-14-2010, 11:24 AM | #27 |
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Even on my PRS-900 I don't ever fully shut down, despite the convenience. Battery life is well over a week for me with the wireless connection switched off. I sleep it for the same reason noted, not wanting to come back to a different page or book than I left. The 900's Home button is taller than the others so the cover tends to press it if I carry it around while "on."
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