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Originally Posted by horseyride
Anyone have any real idea how battery life on the Cybook compares to the Sony 505?
It, of course, depends on usage, but Sony quotes "up to 7500 continuous page turns" while Cybook says "8,000 screen refreshes.
Somewhere I recall reading that Sony supposedly had longer better battery life. Ideas?
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Not really. I've got both the Sony 500 and the Cybook Gen3. And I just can't turn pages as fast with my Sony as with the Cybook. Probably this is different with the 505 as it has - to my mind - a more logical button size and layout. Mom is more patient than I am so she doesn't mind the difficulty in using the 500's page-turn buttons.
However, as I tend to read fast, I *can* state that those page-flips go by real fast and I usually end up burning through the battery in about 5 ebook novels. (About 4 days.) Also remember that for those of us who need larger font sizes (Damn, 'old-age' eyesight is a pain!) equates to more page-flips per ebook and, thus, fewer ebooks per battery charge. I've found that in 100-Watt lighting, if I don't have my 'reading' glasses to hand, I have to up-size by two font sizes to read - which effectively turns a 1,200 epage book into a 2,100 epage book. Oops!
Derek