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mdibella · 01-29-2008, 05:01 PM

The only thing that stops me from buying an Iliad is the battery life/specialized charger. If it could use a generic USB charger (or battery pack), the battery life would be less critical. A specialized charger makes me want/need longer life.

The last time I traveled to visit my brother in Dallas (I live in Rochester), airport cancellations and delays stretched that trip out to 22 hours (!!! And according to MapQuest, I could have driven it in 20...but that's another story, heh). A lot of that time was spent without my iPod because the battery went dead. Now I carry a USB battery backup that takes AA batteries (bought it from Gomadic, very nice it is). I will never again be caught in such an unpleasant situation without my gadgetry.

The Gomadic backup also works for my Kindle (and my cellphone and Sony Reader, for that matter) but it would not work for an Iliad. If the next version if Iliad takes a standard USB charger, I'm there, checkbook in hand.

01-29-2008, 05:01 PM	#9
mdibella Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 1107 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Infinite Kindles, Occasional Sony's	The only thing that stops me from buying an Iliad is the battery life/specialized charger. If it could use a generic USB charger (or battery pack), the battery life would be less critical. A specialized charger makes me want/need longer life. The last time I traveled to visit my brother in Dallas (I live in Rochester), airport cancellations and delays stretched that trip out to 22 hours (!!! And according to MapQuest, I could have driven it in 20...but that's another story, heh). A lot of that time was spent without my iPod because the battery went dead. Now I carry a USB battery backup that takes AA batteries (bought it from Gomadic, very nice it is). I will never again be caught in such an unpleasant situation without my gadgetry. The Gomadic backup also works for my Kindle (and my cellphone and Sony Reader, for that matter) but it would not work for an Iliad. If the next version if Iliad takes a standard USB charger, I'm there, checkbook in hand.