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Originally Posted by bevdeforges
I have this unfortunate tendency to "forget" to plug in my electronic gadgets (most notably my mobile phone). A big reason I actually wanted a reader I had to attach by cable to my computer is that, that way I would manage to charge it whenever I needed to connect it to the computer for whatever reason.
Since I download the NY Times every Sunday, I "have to" charge up the reader at least once a week.
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Originally Posted by polly
Ah, but the Sony lasts about as long. Mine also lasts for 3-4 weeks or 4-5 longer books (300-400 pages). Battery life is not a significant difference between the two.
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Mine tends to last for two weeks on average, but I tend to leave it for long periods on standby (which uses a little bit of energy, and in which the Reader will eventually shut itself down to conserve more energy), interspersed by heavy periods of reading, often up to 8hrs in a day. That's when I'm not taking it out and about. The battery indicator drops very quickly when I do these things, though I suspect that the battery indicator, especially in its lower levels, isn't very accurate at all.
I'm always keen to 'top off' a device's charge whenever possible, rather than pushing it to the limit of its suggested charge length. I also like to connect the Reader to the computer about once a week to top off the charge, as partial charges are a good way to prolong the life of a lithium-ion battery, and letting the battery fully discharge is usually a bad idea. I've managed to use devices with their original lithium-ion battery, with decent battery life, for a couple of years past the recommended two to three years.
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Originally Posted by teadonkey
Format of book doesn't matter as much if you're unhappy with the product you're using to READ the book.
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Yep. Especially in these habitual Sony vs Kindle threads, we seem to become
overinvested in the need to defend the honour of our beloved products. As long as more people take up ebooks in general though, I don't usually care too much about the devices they prefer to read on. We should, after all, unite against our common enemies: agency pricing, overly restrictive DRM, and geo-restrictions.
