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DTM · 02-08-2011, 08:16 AM

I, too, was surprised at the rather short battery life. The estimates you hear are clearly from the marketing folks.

Three things to do that will help:

1 - Keep the unit in "Airplane Mode" unless you're actually using Wi-Fi.

2 - Turn off auto-brightness for the LCD screen and set its brightness as low as you can manage with. I've found that 10% is easily bright enough.

3 - Set the timeout for the LCD screen to 10 seconds.

02-08-2011, 08:16 AM	#23
DTM Intentionally Left Blank Posts: 172 Karma: 300106 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA Device: Nook STR	I, too, was surprised at the rather short battery life. The estimates you hear are clearly from the marketing folks. Three things to do that will help: 1 - Keep the unit in "Airplane Mode" unless you're actually using Wi-Fi. 2 - Turn off auto-brightness for the LCD screen and set its brightness as low as you can manage with. I've found that 10% is easily bright enough. 3 - Set the timeout for the LCD screen to 10 seconds.