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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
I still think it has something to do with it. Whenever you read about battery life, you'll find that non-touchscreen (no matter the type used) will last longer. The only difference being the touchscreen... My ProMedia lasts 10 days (capacitive touch screen), while my Mini will last months...
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I must respectfully disagree with you. A resistive touch screen is a completely "inert" component, in the sense that, like a button, it doesn't actively need power to operate it; rather, it signals the operating system when it has been activated by making an electrical contact. The reason that some devices have much longer "stand-by" battery lives than other depends on all sorts of different factors, primarily the battery capacity and how far "asleep" the device really is. A Sony PRS-600, for example, does little more than blank the screen and disable most of the buttons when it's in standby mode; the CPU and operating system are still running. The BeBook Mini, on the other hand, appears to almost entirely shut down, hence its exceptional stand-by battery life.