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mattgb · 09-09-2008, 10:58 AM

I would like a clock (as per hack somewhere else on these forums) as standard AND estimated number of pages left in battery!

I know that may sound daft but with a device that does not allow you to carry a spare battery around this has been the only pain for me. 3 times now I have got on the train only to find after a couple of pages it turns off since the battery is too low.

Now you may say - just regularly charge it up! But, as we all know by now with mobile batteries being the worst culprits, these lithium-ion have the longest life if you charge fully & then discharge fully before recharging again. When you have no ability to (easily) swap out the battery this becomes even more important (even if it means I take something else to read with me on the occasion it does run out on the road, erm track

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09-09-2008, 10:58 AM	#47
mattgb Member Posts: 17 Karma: 96 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Simple but useful! I would like a clock (as per hack somewhere else on these forums) as standard AND estimated number of pages left in battery! I know that may sound daft but with a device that does not allow you to carry a spare battery around this has been the only pain for me. 3 times now I have got on the train only to find after a couple of pages it turns off since the battery is too low. Now you may say - just regularly charge it up! But, as we all know by now with mobile batteries being the worst culprits, these lithium-ion have the longest life if you charge fully & then discharge fully before recharging again. When you have no ability to (easily) swap out the battery this becomes even more important (even if it means I take something else to read with me on the occasion it does run out on the road, erm track )