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Mambo · 10-13-2008, 10:05 AM

Hi,

This does not sound very good. The original iLiad started with 4 hours as well. With all powersaving and what not, finally they reached lousy 12 hours!
My PRS 505 (which I believe has a crap battery) lasts for 2-3 weeks. Irrespective of that it is on or off, how many page turns do you make.

And also what you want to do with the iRex is to scribble for a full day as a minimum. When scribbling obviously powersaving makes absolutely no sense. So this means even if they implement power saving you are not going to get more than 5 hours scribbling.

My view is that do not believe that you ever going to get the 24 hours. I'm not going to buy this reader in the current state. All coputers should be able to go to stand-by, this is a standard.

I recommended from the very beginning: put in a huge battery if you can not implement power saving, like 10400mAh for EEE PC, but they said no because the device would be too heavy! What's the point with a light device that is useless? Rather be heavy but usable. For me 750 g would be still light in case of an A4 device, but they know better!

10-13-2008, 10:05 AM	#14
Mambo Gadget fan Posts: 147 Karma: 3968 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London Device: RM Tablet PC, iLiad, PRS 505, iPod Touch	Hi, This does not sound very good. The original iLiad started with 4 hours as well. With all powersaving and what not, finally they reached lousy 12 hours! My PRS 505 (which I believe has a crap battery) lasts for 2-3 weeks. Irrespective of that it is on or off, how many page turns do you make. And also what you want to do with the iRex is to scribble for a full day as a minimum. When scribbling obviously powersaving makes absolutely no sense. So this means even if they implement power saving you are not going to get more than 5 hours scribbling. My view is that do not believe that you ever going to get the 24 hours. I'm not going to buy this reader in the current state. All coputers should be able to go to stand-by, this is a standard. I recommended from the very beginning: put in a huge battery if you can not implement power saving, like 10400mAh for EEE PC, but they said no because the device would be too heavy! What's the point with a light device that is useless? Rather be heavy but usable. For me 750 g would be still light in case of an A4 device, but they know better!