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Originally Posted by dyspepsic
Precisely my complaint. They should have provided the ability to power off the reader. Instead, the "off" switch puts the reader in "standby" mode. 7000 page turns is a theoretical maximum which ignores the power draw of the OS and is probably not possible under normal use. It is misleading to advertise 7000 page turns.
The OS is really slow to boot and I assume this is due to the deliberate choice of a slow processor to limit power consumption. So it seems power consumption was a design consideration. It's too bad there is no way, short of pulling the battery, to stop power drain when the reader is not in use. So much for 7000 page turns when I'm away from a wall socket 
--dyspepsic |
It's completely possible under normal use. I've hit more than 7000 page turns a couple of times now. During the week I took off after the holidays, and more recently during a long weekend in which I read the entire Honor Harrington series from start to finish (again).
Things I've found which increase battery life:
a) Don't use PDF or RTF. LRF books appear to consume a lot less power to render.
b) Only use the internal fonts.
c) Don't leave a SD card in the reader, and don't read books off the SD card. This significantly cut my battery life (by almost half) when I tried it, as well as being slower to react, and not allowing me to use my collections. (I read a lot of series, collections are a must)
d) Just because
it can play MP3s, doesn't mean it should.