BKeeper,
I posted in the other thread:
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Now according to these numbers, "light reading" used up internal battery after 5 hours. Of course, since battery is never depleted fully, I will guess/estimate about 1000 mAh (to be conswervative meaning 300 mAh still left).
1000 mAh / 5 hrs = 200 mA
However, Karel in the other thread stated:
"with software version 1.0 the reader consume about 150 mA per hour"
So once again they seem to be underestimating true power use. Seems like a pattern of overestimating device capabilities.
I suppose battery could be defective or not fully broken in, but highly unlikely. A more likely explanation is that the current software version is still not optimized for power use and subsequent versions might clean up these rough edges.
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However, I wouldn't be too quick to give up on DR!!! As the other thread points out, you can have some AAs recharge DR and extend runtime a great deal when away from a PC. I think the entire battery/runtime issue needs to be measured against the benefits (like PDF handling which is far superior to my Cybook). Perhaps its features are more important than the short runtime.
USB power packs using AAs should increase DR runtime many times, depending on how many AAs you are willing to carry. So there is a reasonably painless option (no hardware mods needed) to fixing it.
On the other hand Cybook now has zoom and scrolling for PDFs to address A4 PDF issue. However, it is still very clumsy (hard to scroll) and it still cannot handle large/complex docs that DR seems to be able to handle.
Anyway, I guess iRex (mis)information doesn't help their image, so I understand your frustration.