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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Power consumption is higher than eInk, since the screen is needed to be continuously powered. The Jetbook gets around 20 hours battery life, where as my 505 has been used far more than that since it's last charge, and just hit half charge on the battery.
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I think someone posted earlier that the PixelQi screen will use no power to display a screen the e-ink like mode, but uses more power each time you turn the page.
Jetbook that would be true since it's just an LCD screen so it would use power all the time.
I think people make a bit much out of the battery life personally. As long as I get 6+ hours of continuous usage, I'm ok. No big deal to plug in each night like my cell phone etc. Longer battery life is a plus for sure, but by no means a deal breaker for me.
My Kindle 1 battery life doesn't seem that great either. Charge it every couple weeks when it gets to 25% or so remaining on the indicator. And I just use it 30-60 minutes a day at most. May just need a new battery, I bought it used last spring when the K2 came out.