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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I wonder, for our purposes, how much power an LCD screen would drain from four little AA batteries.
I would have to think that Ectaco wouldn't risk its reputation by putting out something that required the batteries to be changed with every book. One of the ideas behind the eBook reader is that it will pay for itself, I think. If you have to spend on batteries what you are saving on books, then it's not such a good deal.
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I have now the JetBook and the screen reminds me of the Handspring Visor Edge (with Li-Ion battery) I had years ago. Then I bought a Handspring Neo, which had replaceable AAA batteries and these actually lasted even longer than the Li-Ion in Edge. If I used alkaline ones, they seemed to last forever, rechargeable ones usually lasted for about three weeks of normal PDA usage, which could mean something like 15 hours of continuous work.
Obviously, Handsprings used a different processor (Motorola DragonBall VZ, clocked at 33 MHz) and had a smaller screen, but if there wasn't much difference between the Edge (with LiIon) and Neo (with replaceable cells), the same may be true for JetBook and Jetbook Lite.