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Originally Posted by SCION
Yes, I do have my brightness set at the 1/3 level throughout the day as well. For lights out reading at night I drop it down all the way. That's the only tweaking that I do.
Of course it's not comparable to e-ink, but I haven't been disappointed. I knew what to expect. I'm actually shocked that the B&N claim of battery life is not overestimated, as is usually the case with such things.  |
yeah I'm not getting this whole battery life debate our friend mr campo is taking on. It's not like it's breaking news that LCD based products don't have weeks of battery life in them
We're not exactly just coming out of caves and discovering this. I own a smartphone, a laptop and now a nook color. I was fully aware of the the life cycle of these batteries. I'm not sure where he's going.
the one thing I do find really surprising is the little to no battery usage when it's in sleep mode. I took my nook color off the charger before I went to bed at 11:00 PM one night, left it in sleep mode, checked it at 6:30 am and it was at 98%. My Droid X doesn't save that much power. In fact my Droid X has worse battery life, though it is pushed harder.
I read on average 1 hr to work 1 hr back home 1 hr before bed. wild cards lunch sometimes 20 mins or some internet use/using the shoppin app as well.
Actually for this type of device it's battery life is excellent.
Now if I was doing heavy internet surfing and watching videos I would expect less. For example I watch about 30 mins worth of youtube videos on my droid X my battery level sank like a rock.
it all depends on what's pushing it.
but again why is this topic being discussed, we are approaching 2011, I think by know we all know the battery life of LCD's, this was no shock to us who bought the nook color.