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ehubbard · 01-13-2009, 07:41 PM

I've had a PRS-500 for about 2 years now. (the first winter after it came out..) I love it. This last 2 weeks though -- the battery capacity has seem to really gotten bad.

I charged it (via wall) 100%.. and just 4 days later... at idle.. it was down to 50% on the indicator.

1 hour of reading seems to eat up about 25% of battery usage...

I talked with a friend of mine who bought one about the same time -- and he recently noticed that his battery is having similar issues.

We both have the latest firmware so it isn't the meter problemo.

Are we just screwed? The 505 didn't have my front light, and the 700 seems not to handle 1 handed reading so well --- so I didn't really want to upgrade if I could avoid it. I might have to go with a 505 and the lightwedge light they recently started offering..hmm

Anyone else have problems with their PRS-500 battery now?

01-13-2009, 07:41 PM	#1
ehubbard Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Sony eReader	PRS-500 battery capacity I've had a PRS-500 for about 2 years now. (the first winter after it came out..) I love it. This last 2 weeks though -- the battery capacity has seem to really gotten bad. I charged it (via wall) 100%.. and just 4 days later... at idle.. it was down to 50% on the indicator. 1 hour of reading seems to eat up about 25% of battery usage... I talked with a friend of mine who bought one about the same time -- and he recently noticed that his battery is having similar issues. We both have the latest firmware so it isn't the meter problemo. Are we just screwed? The 505 didn't have my front light, and the 700 seems not to handle 1 handed reading so well --- so I didn't really want to upgrade if I could avoid it. I might have to go with a 505 and the lightwedge light they recently started offering..hmm Anyone else have problems with their PRS-500 battery now?