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Old 03-11-2014, 01:49 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy View Post
The 3-4 weeks of battery time is reading for a half hour a day. I never read only a half hour, so I have to recharge much more often than every 3-4 weeks. I can read for several days, for 6-8 hours at a time, though.
Perhaps we should avoid using the marketing terms then, and just say it's rated for ~28 hrs.

Now there's a meaningfully useful statement!

Of course, I don't think I've ever charged my Kindle... well, maybe once or twice... I connect it to my computer for various reasons at least once every few days, which is more than enough.
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