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How is battery life affected by turn off method
The Sony 600 has two ways that you can turn it off. If you momentarily move the power switch to the right and release it, the unit will immediately turn off. I assume that this is a "standby" mode. Sliding the power switch again will turn the unit on immediately and return you to where you last were.
The other method is to move the power switch to the right and hold it there until you get the shutdown warning. If you choose 'yes', the unit will turn off. When you turn it back on it takes much longer to start up and eventually ends up at the Home screen.
My question to the group is: What is the difference in battery drain between the two methods when the unit is off. I've noticed that, if use the standby turn off, the battery seems to drain more that I would expect from just reading and flipping pages. I've been using this mode overnight and wheneverr I'm not reading. The battery seems to drain much faster than the 7500 page turns that Sony claims. I have not run any controlled tests with each method and was wondering if any of you have made such a comparison? I'd like to know that I can take a short trip where I'll be doing some reading and not have to take my notebook along or buy a charge adaptor to recharge the unit. If using the compete turnoff method makes a significant difference in battery life, that's what I'll do
Any thoughts?
Dave W
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