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Originally Posted by manfred63
Hey kids! 
Just one question. Are there any news from Sony or Eink right now? 
If not: Why don't we simply chat about our general experiences with electronic handheld deveices in this thread? Let's talk about the Amazon Kindle. And battery life. And pressing the power button. 
Because that's something people really would like to read right now.  |
The success or failure of a device depends on how much demand there is. Eink has the advantage of lower battery consumption, but a point has been made that the differences in battery life are not as big as advertised, therefore lowering the advantages of eink over LCD.
Whether an eink device turns off or goes into sleep mode is important for the power management. If you just read for 6 hours straight on the weekend you are better off with a device that turns off because it will not consume power the rest of the week. If you read just a few pages at a time you are better off with a device that goes into sleep mode because it uses less power waking up than it does booting up.
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Originally Posted by ApK
And while we're on topic, what do you call the state that it's in when the battery has been completely used up and the screen goes white and nothing happens when you press the power button?  |
Dead battery state.