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JSWolf · 03-07-2008, 02:07 PM

One of the major issues with a multi-purpose device is that you use it for all kinds of things so it's ON a lot of the time and the battery gets drained. Then when you need it to do something else, the battery dies on you. Now I use my 505 for reading and my Rio Karma for listening to music. If the battery dies in one of these i have the other still till I can get the battery charged.

03-07-2008, 02:07 PM	#67
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	One of the major issues with a multi-purpose device is that you use it for all kinds of things so it's ON a lot of the time and the battery gets drained. Then when you need it to do something else, the battery dies on you. Now I use my 505 for reading and my Rio Karma for listening to music. If the battery dies in one of these i have the other still till I can get the battery charged.