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Originally Posted by dhbailey
Then there is the separate and totally unrelated issue of the dissipation of charge that all rechargeable batteries have, which occurs over time. I have rechargeable AA batteries which can't hold their charge for more than a couple of weeks. To be able to lose only 1/4 of the charge of the battery in the Reader in a week is a very GOOD thing, not a bad thing.
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That's true, but it's not the main reason that the Reader consumes battery charge when swiched off; it does that because it never actually
is switched off - the operating system continues to run, consuming power, even when the power switch is "off".