Thread: Do you power off your Kindle when not in use?
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Old 11-07-2010, 01:46 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by duckeedoug View Post
If you turn the Kindle completely off how is it going to download content via Whispernet? In standby mode your content and blogs will continue to download. So it kinda of depends on what the end user is seeking. If you want your blogs and newspapers to be ready when you hit the road in the morning the unit should be in standby (screen saver mode)
Yeah. I just keep wireless off until I actually want things to download. (The manual says it will only continue to check periodically for downloads if you left the wireless on when you put it to sleep.) I just connect when I'm ready, because it only takes mine a minute or so, at most.

I assume that "off" level saves more power than being on standby, when the wireless is completely off.
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