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Originally Posted by DeReader
Some words on the battery consumption:
Yesterday at 8:00 AM I started with a fully charged battery, I used the device for reading a few hours, but did not let it go into standby mode (which it enters automatically after 30 min.). So there was nearly the whole day a page displayed on the screen (which should only use marginal energy on e-ink devices, but the Ililad proved this wrong).
There are still 3 of 4 bars left in the battery display. So I think the power management is a lot better compared to the Iliad.
And the reader did not crash a single time, the user interface is very snappy. Also the search function for books is nearly instant (but despite that, I would also have folder support back).
I did also try to insert a SIM card in the slot, but this does nothing.
On the Irex support site, the US firmware for the DR800SG is downloadable, so I hope the US-version of the device will be out soon. But I do not dare to install that firmware on my EU device  |
That might speak really well of the battery life if the device was also doing background indexing for search. I remember being really disappointed in the initial battery life on my Kindle, only to realize it was background indexing the few hundred titles I had loaded. After that was completed over a couple days the battery life improved to a comparable level to my Sony.