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Old 07-28-2011, 02:13 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by KingsGambit View Post
Thank you all for the above. The power-saving tip to turn it off and set it to boot with "last page read" already seems to be paying dividends. It isn't really inconvenient though still a little annoying that locking it doesn't cut-off all power usage as is supposed to be the case with all eink devices.
"Locking" just locks the buttons, but the computer continues to run underneath and draw a significant amount of power. Flipping pages is only one (and maybe not even the most significant) way for the e-reader to use energy. Turning it off is the only way to cut-off most power usage.
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