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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Wasn't it with iLiad, where the manual stated "don't leave your stylus on the reader, because this permanently leaves the screen activated"?
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The way it used to work with the iLiad is that when the stylus is in the slot, the WACOM screen is powered down. Also, in theory, if the stylus is out of the slot but you don't use it for a certain amount of time it was supposed to power down as well (although I don't think it really worked). There was some extensive testing done that showed that whether the WACOM layer was powered or not doesn't have a significant impact on the iLiad battery life. What does impact it is when you are actively writing on the screen. If you left the stylus resting on top of the reader, the WACOM layer effective reacted like you were constantly writing with it.
With the DR series, they changed the behavior based on those findings. The WACOM layer doesn't power down automatically anymore due to inactivity (or placing the stylus in the slot on the DR1000), because there was no real power savings in doing so. It is currently unknown whether or not it is powered down when the DR800 goes into standby.
The one difference with the DR800 is that we're talking about power drains over a much longer period of time. So what may not have been significant during a 12 hour battery life may be more of an issue when you're trying to get the device to last for weeks.