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Originally Posted by NatCh
... a purpose-designed one with low-draw LEDs might just do the trick. It would shorten the battery life, true, but perhaps not too badly as you'd only use it in the dark ... this merits some thought.
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Okay, I've looked around a bit, and there seem to be a large number of USB LED lights available these days. I couldn't find any power-draw specs on any of them, save for one that said it uses "2 minutes of battery life for each hour of use" -- whatever that translates to. However, knowing that LEDs usually draw 10~30 mA (on the upper end for "bright" ones), these commercially available devices look like they might be a viable solution. I guess the only way to be sure would be to have someone try one and note how much faster the battery drains during use. If we had a number on the battery's mAh capacity, that might get us a better idea.
Hey, you actual iLiad OWNERS -- do the product dox reveal this elusive detail?