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Originally Posted by orcinus
Before i bought it, i thought the boot time will be the iLiad's weakest point.
Now, i don't even notice it... 
When i wake up in the morning, i flip the switch and keep it on until i leave the flat or put it away. When i'm out and about, it's always on unless i'm about to pocket it or stow it away in a bag, at which point i turn it off. It endures a day and a half to two days on one battery charge that way.
Seriously, unless you often have some critically urgent note taking or reading to do at totally unexpected times, you won't even notice the boot times. You just have to adjust to a slightly different way of working with it than is usual with PDA's, phones and other readers - it's more similar to the way you use your computer (i.e. you keep it on unless you're sure you won't be using it for a longer period of time). |
It doesn't bother me too much unless I'm traveling then it does bug me a bit. My perspective is for these devices to really appeal to the broader market the technology needs to disappear and a one minute boot time doesn't do that.
I'll take my father in law as an example. He is retired and reads multiple books a week. Right now, he opens the book up to where his bookmark is and he is reading. This takes a few seconds. A device like the Sony is similar, a few seconds to be right back to where you left off in your book. This is just not the case with the iLiad and it may keep them from appealing to the broader market with this generation of device. I'm not knocking it since it is still my preferred reader with the extra screen size, but when I show people the Sony and the iLiad this is the point that always comes up. Now that we have the "book edition" it seems like an even more valid comparison.