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Originally Posted by TenaciousBadger
hi, richey, i would like to ask how often you read on the K3 to get that insane running time?
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Probably averages half-an-hour a day. I wish I had more time to read on it
. I rarely use the internet browser, and if I put new books on it I tend to do so through the cable.
I've rooted my Android phone and underclocked the processor to about 1/5 of its usual running speed. Email, the internet and even my GPS software all run at perfectly good speeds at this clock - the only thing that suffers is playing games, and I never do that.
It seems that HTC's build of Android keeps the clock at a high speed most of the time. They're probably afraid that some users look for the fastest possible results when reviewers do speed tests on the devices. Looking at forums, in reality the average customer would much prefer improved battery life.
With the vanilla build of Android I would be lucky to get a day's usage out of the phone before needing to recharge. I now get about three with the same use.
I should think that Amazon's software engineers just made good decisions to balance speed and battery life. The processors in these devices become really inefficient as soon as they start to heat up (of course, the battery doesn't like the cold, either).
It makes me wonder why Sony couldn't get better battery life out of their devices, frankly. I know the touch screen must use power, but it feels like when you have the Kindle in sleep mode it is using practically zero juice, whereas the Sony is still using power to perform some task.