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Originally Posted by gargoyle67
Yes the ppro does use a little power when not turned off, But I used to leave my bebook 6" on all the time (you can't beat grab and read) and that lasted way longer than my ppro before showing less then a full charge, And thats with a 6" display !
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Agreed! Now, mind you, I expected the battery life on the Pocket Pro to at least
seem slightly less than on the 6" Bebook for the simple reason that the screen is smaller and therefore it requires more page turns to read the same book. However, after doing considerable testing (charging with different USB cables; charging from PC versus wall charger; using keyboard lock versus powering off versus leaving
on between uses; using different SD cards, using
no SD card; etc.), it's clear that, under all circumstances, the keyboard lock uses pretty much the same amount of power as simply leaving the device on. There may be a slight difference but nothing of significance. The battery life that I see when turning the Pocket Pro off between uses is in line with the battery life that I saw from the 6" Bebook when using the keyboard lock between uses.
So, no matter what the official story may be, if you're experiencing unacceptable battery life with the Pocket Pro, try powering off instead of using the keyboard lock between uses. There
is a significant difference.
Unfortunately, I don't consider powering it off to be an acceptable alternative since, added delay of boot time aside, there's the additional hassle and delay caused by the darn thing returning to the main menu every blasted time that it's turned off and back on again.
Very, very irritating, to say the least.