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Old 07-12-2012, 07:56 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by geekmaster View Post
As I understand it, this "off" suspend mode actually turns off the power to most of the circuitry (including the CPU), keeping a trickle charge to the RAM so that it does not lose its contents. Because only the RAM has a minuscule power, it draws almost no battery current. Other than battery backed RAM, the rest of the kindle is essentially off.
Yes, I agree with you. Really the only thing that makes me hesitate to say "it's turned off" is that it doesn't boot when you press the power switch; it just wakes up. But perhaps I'm just nitpicking.
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