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scstraus · 06-09-2007, 01:04 PM

If a device advertises it's battery life in pageturns, then that's what you should get. That's one of the most important points about epaper is that it can display the page without power. It should be a given in an e-ink device. This is one thing I loved about the first palm pilots, that I could carry them for a month and not recharge them.

Already in my laptop bag I have a treo, a PSP, a laptop (which already gets 6 hours of battery life and has real full apps). Why should I pay what is almost the price of a laptop for something that offers nothing above a laptop except a reflective display? I'm carrying the laptop anyway, this really doesn't add much if it needs all the care and maintainence of a laptop. I have enough things to charge that at least provide me with new functionality.

I was hoping for something I could pull out on the flight and stick back in my laptop bag and worry about charging once a month. If I have to maintain it like a laptop (which I'm already carrying), I'll just use the damn laptop. It's already there.

06-09-2007, 01:04 PM	#22
scstraus Member Posts: 22 Karma: 29 Join Date: Aug 2004	I think I'm perfectly informed If a device advertises it's battery life in pageturns, then that's what you should get. That's one of the most important points about epaper is that it can display the page without power. It should be a given in an e-ink device. This is one thing I loved about the first palm pilots, that I could carry them for a month and not recharge them. Already in my laptop bag I have a treo, a PSP, a laptop (which already gets 6 hours of battery life and has real full apps). Why should I pay what is almost the price of a laptop for something that offers nothing above a laptop except a reflective display? I'm carrying the laptop anyway, this really doesn't add much if it needs all the care and maintainence of a laptop. I have enough things to charge that at least provide me with new functionality. I was hoping for something I could pull out on the flight and stick back in my laptop bag and worry about charging once a month. If I have to maintain it like a laptop (which I'm already carrying), I'll just use the damn laptop. It's already there.