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Originally Posted by DeReader
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.
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I just wonder what on earth the thing is doing in the background that is eating up that battery power to begin with. It takes no battery power to maintain a screen in a static state, so just about the only thing that ought to be operating in the background is the system time. My Sony 505 will sit there static, page displayed, for a week before it uses a bar of battery, so given the level of usage you described, it's disconcerting to me that the DR800 would have even one bar gone by that point. What on earth is it doing?