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Originally Posted by HarryT
A couple of comments:
1. I think you might have a faulty battery. I honestly can't imagine that it should be possible to drain a battery in a day's reading.
2. The nav button is dramatically improved in the 512MB model of the Gen3 - it's much "softer" and more positive in its action. The latest firmware (796) has all but eliminated the issue of missed button presses.
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Well, I'm pretty sure the battery is not faulty, its the second one to do this (I was forced by idiotic US Postal Service to mail my gen3 back to Bookeen without the battery, so when they sent me a new one it had a different battery installed.) Behavior was the same both before and after the screen break. I can read fairly fast, and I usually get about 2 novel-sized books read before the battery gets too low. By my estimates, this is on the low side of the page counts reported, but not astoundingly so.
I've flashed the new upgrade, and I'll try that for a while, but Bookeen sent back a 64mb unit when the screen was replaced, so I don't get the new hardware. I do have to point out that I'm still mildly annoyed with the buttons even if they worked easily every time, since I'd like them in a different place. It took a few weeks of working with it to give me time to adjust to everything before I became convinced it wasn't perfect for me.
I guess the end result is that I have found that ultimate small size isn't my top priority - I'd trade a thicker, heavier unit for more battery, better screen protection, and buttons that are physically more like the old Rocket.