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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
A solar charger for an ereader only makes sense if you'll be away from a power source for extended periods of time; like backpacking or camping.
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Exactly. Or relief/mission work, disaster recovery volunteers, extended power outages, places where the nearest charging station may be miles away. You've already conceded there are situations where it does make sense, so why focus on those where it doesn't?
Hell, by the same logic (people rarely being away from a power source for very long), why does a battery that lasts for weeks/months make any "sense?" If "because they can" is sufficient for unnecessary battery-life, why does solar charging suddenly have to conform to a different kind of "sense"-making? They're both features that some would make use of and some would not, no?
If battery-life is indeed the big deal that it seems to be with eink aficionados, I would think built-in ways to extend that period of time between charges
even more would be as welcome an addition as say ... a new battery that lasted 10-20% longer. Or would people kick up their heels at a new and improved battery, too.
