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Old 07-29-2010, 07:09 PM   #89
RonH
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Originally Posted by Solicitous View Post
I get the feeling that the auto power-off is an interim fix until the next firmware release. There is no logical reason why the Kobo should experience the power consumption it does, especially when compared to other readers, and the auto power-off is not a viable long term solution.
I suspect the heavy power consumption is caused by the fact they're running a countdown timer (or maybe two of them) to time the sleep mode and the power-off function. Not exactly consistent with minimal CPU usage.
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