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DesiLinguist · 02-02-2009, 01:05 PM

vivaldirules, I understand your concern but for me, the benefits of having a single portable device in which I can carry my technical articles and my leisure reading far outweigh any minor inconveniences I would have in dealing with the device.

I have further questions for iLiad owners:

(a) I understand that the wi-fi in iLiad v2 is only of very limited use and can't really be used to browse the internet, for example. Can it be turned off to save battery life, though?

(b) Given that the iLiad book edition does not have wi-fi, does it have a larger battery life than iLiad v2? I see numbers like 15 hours ... are they realistic?

(c) Are there any external battery packs that one could use in case I wanted to make heavy use of the iLiad on, say, a 14 hour flight?

(d) Does the iLiad come with everything out of the box? Stylus, USB charging cable etc. I also see other styli for sale on some websites. Is the included stylus limited in some way?
Thanks again!

02-02-2009, 01:05 PM	#9
DesiLinguist Computational Linguist Posts: 110 Karma: 100 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: iLiad BE, iPhone, Kindle DX	vivaldirules, I understand your concern but for me, the benefits of having a single portable device in which I can carry my technical articles and my leisure reading far outweigh any minor inconveniences I would have in dealing with the device. I have further questions for iLiad owners: (a) I understand that the wi-fi in iLiad v2 is only of very limited use and can't really be used to browse the internet, for example. Can it be turned off to save battery life, though? (b) Given that the iLiad book edition does not have wi-fi, does it have a larger battery life than iLiad v2? I see numbers like 15 hours ... are they realistic? (c) Are there any external battery packs that one could use in case I wanted to make heavy use of the iLiad on, say, a 14 hour flight? (d) Does the iLiad come with everything out of the box? Stylus, USB charging cable etc. I also see other styli for sale on some websites. Is the included stylus limited in some way? Thanks again! Last edited by DesiLinguist; 02-02-2009 at 01:07 PM.