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Old 11-10-2008, 02:38 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
Mostly it's due to the iLiad not having good power management features. iRex originally intended on having things like a suspend or hibernate mode in the iLiad, but it never happened. What they said is that it's impossible based on the hardware and OS combination that the iLiad is based off of.

Just a question, but do you plan on reading non-stop for the duration of the flight, or can you turn the iLiad off when you're not using it? That will make the battery last a lot longer. If you don't need to be reading continuously, then 15 hours of "on time" may be enough to get you through a flight.
Heh, while I don't plan on reading non-stop, I do plan to take my ebook device while traveling. Sometimes I may go on a trek, sometimes to a South Pacific island, and either may be a location with intermittent power availability. 10-15 hours simply doesn't cut it in situations such as these:-)

Also, while traveling, or even at home, I don't want to be thinking constantly about plugging in my "book," lest it dies in the middle of the page.

I just got the PRS-700 as my first ebook reader (and read for almost 5 hours in bed, with the battery indicator remaining at "full.") I am tempted by the larger screen of the iLiad, but the battery life is a show-stopper, for my needs:-(

I am surprised, that there is no other ebook device with the 8" screen, and better battery life.
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