I know there are many very informed people on these forums...so...I've got a question for you...
I own a PocketPC, it's an old one, I got it for 40€ at a closing down sale. It is named "Yakumo Delta 300 GPS" and is basically a pretty meidocre PDA with a not-too-good GPS added in.
I used this device as an interim reading device to get used to reading ebooks instead of paper-books before the launch of the Iliad.
Now, let's get to the question...
This PocketPC can do something quite amazing...If I read a book, it saves the last-seen page. This is something the Iliad can do as well. My Pocket PC however can display the last-viewed page if I switch the device off and on again. Switching the device on takes roughly 1 second (from all-off to last-displayed-page).
If I switch the device off (or let it turn itself off) and just leave it lying htere, the battery will slowly degrad, but it takes about 4 weeks to go completely flat.
The real question is...can this be done with Linux as well? The Processor is the same type as the one the Iliad uses (but it's only 300Mhz if I remember correctly). I used an SD card for my books with the PDA.
The reason I ask is, that if this is possible with a linux device, then I'd ask iRex to do the following:
Add a little switch in the "Settings" menu that let's us decide which boot-mode the Iliad uses.
Give us Normal and Book mode.
In Normal mode, do what you do at the moment.
In book-mode don't load network, wifi, Wacom and whatever else is non-essential.
Activate Quick-Suspend (page-load complete, power off or suspend to RAM, whatever the PDA does). As soon as the PageBar is used, power-up, flip page, power down.
If there is no Hardware Limitation in the Iliad, this would give us about 3-4 weeks of "Standby" and a lot of pageturns in reading mode...
This would be an interim solution until iRex manages to get the PowerSaving working under regular conditions.
Now, tell me if/how this would be possible for a Linux device or what kind of problems there are that Linux has and Windows Mobile doesn't...
Thanks.
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