Thread: Kobo Vox and Updates
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Old 01-20-2012, 07:34 AM   #5
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Device: Kobo Vox
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Originally Posted by ne0rmatrix View Post
I hope to hear from the kobo dev team respond to this thread or post an announcement as to the status of this issue. At this time my battery life is about 2 hours. This means unless i leave the device connected i cannot read at starbucks or on the bus without having the device die very quickly. And yes i have a kobo touch but i spent an additional 200 dollars CAD to get this device and would like to be able to use it without needing to pack its cord everywhere i go.

I'm with you on this... the lack of a sleep mode that works is a real pain. I generally have wifi turned off anyway and use full power off/on mode. However it takes longer to turn the unit off and a lot longer getting it back on before I can actually start reading. The brief time that sleep mode actually worked for me (when I initially pruchased the product) it was great: Quick button push for off and then quick button for on and straight back to the correct page etc..

I contacted kobo by email about SOD and got fobbed off with telling me about battery life. Then I actually phoned them up and got a support ticket - that was a couple of weeks ago and nothing since. Just a reply saying that they recognise the issue and are working on a fix which they should have in future would be nice.

Battery life: I get about 6 hours before I have to recharge; that's just using it as a reader and music player (usually both operations at the same time) with no wifi. If I start doing things like checking emails and watching TV on it which needs wifi then I can half that time. As has been mentioned - the worse the wifi signal then the more power consumed.
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