Thread: barnes and noble's Nook to Amazon's Kindle Ummm Yes we do
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Old 05-27-2011, 03:50 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by Rainmaker View Post
Now, regarding the OP and the rest:
Of course the idle state consumes battery; if it wasn't the case, you could full charge your Kindle and turn it on 1 year later with full charge (which wouldn't happen); there are many ways in which a powered device can loose power/energy.
Specially, a lot have to do with electronic components (magnetic fields and etc)
Absolutely. Just having the operating system running uses noticeable amounts of electricity. If that weren't the case, there wouldn't be any point in the devices going into standby after a few minutes of not being used.
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