[fafaforza]

Seems like since installing the update, I'm having battery issues.

Charged it up fully via USB on Thursday. Still had 4 bars on Sunday. I did fully shut it down in the morning, and started it up in the afternoon.

On Sun, I read maybe 100 pages. So let's be optimistic and say 200 page turns, plus startup. I read some between Thurs and Sun. The battery dropped to 3 bars when I put it away at around 5PM.

Get on the train today to read the newspaper and I have 1 bar. $*&%$!

It's happened to me before once and I was stuck looking at the wall on the other side of the subway car, so I was not impressed.

Do I have a dud and should engage in the dreadful process of calling Sony (purchased Oct 2010)? Or should I try going back to the previous firmware, if even possible? I don't see anything new in the new one anyway.

I did see other posts about charging with an AC adapter, but the reader said "Charge complete" on thursday. People also have recommended restarting it fully, which I did on Sunday. And some said the readout can be deceiving. But c'mon, ~400 page turns tops? I'd get better life out of an LCD tablet.