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sfernald · 11-22-2007, 11:56 PM

I charged up my kindle this morning. Just now I checked the battery and I see it's at about 30%.

I have several newspaper subscriptions (WSJ, NYT, IBD) that transfer each morning, and I have several blogs that update throughout the day. I probably used the reader maybe 3-4 hours today, including a little web surfing. I kept the wireless on the whole time.

It actually surprised me that it is this low right now. I don't recall it ever having fallen this low before. I think it dropped quite a bit while I was over at the in-laws for thanksgiving. I don't think you can get evdo in their house, so I suspect it dropped down to the slower, more battery intensive wireless connection.

But still this makes me think this thing needs to be charged on a daily basis. Kinda sucks. I was hoping to get 2-3 days between charges, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get that with the wireless on.

However, it is only on its 3rd charge or so. I think I'm supposed to run the battery through 5-10 times before I can fairly gauge what the battery life on this gadget will be.

In any case, I'm glad I will have my sony reader around as a backup because I know I go for weeks with that before a recharge is needed.

11-22-2007, 11:56 PM	#17
sfernald Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 101 Join Date: Oct 2006	Kindle Battery Dropping Pretty Fast Today I charged up my kindle this morning. Just now I checked the battery and I see it's at about 30%. I have several newspaper subscriptions (WSJ, NYT, IBD) that transfer each morning, and I have several blogs that update throughout the day. I probably used the reader maybe 3-4 hours today, including a little web surfing. I kept the wireless on the whole time. It actually surprised me that it is this low right now. I don't recall it ever having fallen this low before. I think it dropped quite a bit while I was over at the in-laws for thanksgiving. I don't think you can get evdo in their house, so I suspect it dropped down to the slower, more battery intensive wireless connection. But still this makes me think this thing needs to be charged on a daily basis. Kinda sucks. I was hoping to get 2-3 days between charges, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get that with the wireless on. However, it is only on its 3rd charge or so. I think I'm supposed to run the battery through 5-10 times before I can fairly gauge what the battery life on this gadget will be. In any case, I'm glad I will have my sony reader around as a backup because I know I go for weeks with that before a recharge is needed.