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I see another potential problem with the Oasis and cover battery. The built-in battery of the Oasis is, as I recall, 250 mAh compared to 1420 mAh for the Paperwhite. A lithium ion battery typically will last through between 500 and 1000 charges.
The problem that concerns me is that reading the Oasis without it's cover will use up that little battery almost 6 times faster than reading on a Paperwhite, leaving a very expensive paperweight.
If the cover is on while reading there might be a better situation if the device runs off the cover battery and not the internal battery. I think I read somewhere that that's the way it works but I don't recall where I read it and I can't find it again so I'm just not sure.
Anyway if that is the way it works, if reading it in the cover uses only the cover's battery as long as the internal battery is charged, that means it will probably be a long lived device as long as you leave the cover on.
On the other hand if it always runs off the internal battery and the cover just keeps that charged, the Oasis is doomed to an early death. Just as it would be if you read it out of the cover all the time.
I have no way of knowing for sure which of these is the true situation and I find it difficult to believe that Amazon didn't think of this, but I guess that's possible. They don't miss much but things happen.
Anyway, I'm not buying an Oasis until I know more about this and if I already had one I'd keep it in the cover to try to protect it as much as possible. This is a scary situation.
I did send some feedback to Amazon and hopefully they'll let me or everyone know something about this. It looks to me like a pretty nice device but right now I'm afraid of it and I think it's something Amazon needs to explain.
Barry
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