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leeloo · 12-30-2007, 11:02 AM

I've never seen a battery reading below 40%, and I've run out of power a few times. It's a bit disconcerting the first time... Clearly a battery-level indication while reading is going to be a big improvement. It would also be nice if the current book/page was written to whatever persistent memory there is every time a page-turn is invoked, rather than just on the auto-shutdown. As mentioned in another thread, if you have been continuously reading a book with no shutdowns (or returns to the Library) and the power goes, you lose your place. And with no page-number display either, it becomes a bit of a hunting exercise to get back to where you (were) left off (:

12-30-2007, 11:02 AM	#4
leeloo multipass Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Cybook Gen 3	I've never seen a battery reading below 40%, and I've run out of power a few times. It's a bit disconcerting the first time... Clearly a battery-level indication while reading is going to be a big improvement. It would also be nice if the current book/page was written to whatever persistent memory there is every time a page-turn is invoked, rather than just on the auto-shutdown. As mentioned in another thread, if you have been continuously reading a book with no shutdowns (or returns to the Library) and the power goes, you lose your place. And with no page-number display either, it becomes a bit of a hunting exercise to get back to where you (were) left off (: