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Originally Posted by kjk
Really? I've read that that Amazon's Kindle estimates are pretty close to regular usage. Have people not found that to be true?
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The Kindle has excellent battery life. I haven't tested it exhaustively but I find the "two weeks without wireless" (after the latest firmware update) to be really,
really optimistic.
In other words, as a rule of thumb, I don't put much stock in manufacturer claims. They usually tweak the tests a bit, not necessarily outrageously but often using rather low-power settings. For example, Apple's "7 hour laptop battery" uses optimized low-power battery settings, 50% display illumination, etc.
I've also seen a lot of batteries lose significant capacity in a much shorter time frame than I like.
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Originally Posted by alisa
Well the new display technologies like Liquavista and Mirasol look quite promising for a multifunction device and they will help battery life by using far less power.
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As a rule of thumb, I don't put much stock into manufacturer claims.
Especially for products that are barely past the prototype stage. Let's face it, they can say whatever they want without dealing with any consequences for a long time, and I've found the products rarely live up to the hype, especially in their early iterations.