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Originally Posted by Mellobob
Okay, some people are probably wrong? I understand that e-ink really only draws power when it's painting a page.
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Correct, but the other components such as CPU and memory are drawing power.
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Oh, could it be that if you have wifi ON then it's a "good thing" to turn the device off since that should disable wifi as well? And in sleep wifi remains on? This is only a guess!
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In sleep on the Kobo devices, the WiFi is off as well. But, the device can wake and do a sync if the auto sync is turned on and the the WiFi is enabled. It won't do this if the device is off.
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The only reason I see to go into sleep at all is that accidental touches could change the page, etc. I'm going to have to get a case one of these days with the magnetic on/off thing. Don't really know if I want the added weight and the need to flip open/closed ... I really only use the reader in my house.
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Other than accidental touches, it does extend the battery life. I've checked by disabling sleep and leaving it over night. The battery did go down more than if it had slept over night.
As to a cover, I resisted one for about two years (one year each for the Touch and Glo). Then my wife got a Glo and insisted on a cover. I tried it on my Glo for a couple of days and was a convert. Just opening the cover to start reading is easy. Plus the protection if I put it in my pocket while changing trains.