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Originally Posted by HarryT
What do you mean by a "suspend mode", as a matter of interest?
With the Sony Reader, the machine never turns off - all the "off" button does is disable the screen and most of the buttons - so you turn it on and it's available for instant use. Do you mean that you'd like to see a real way of turning the machine off, so you'd increase the battery life at the expense of a longer start-up time?
I prefer the "instant use" of the Reader, personally. OK, the machine's battery goes flat after about 3-4 weeks, whether it's used or not, (because the operating system is always running) but I can live with that.
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Right...your battery goes flat after 3 to 4 weeks but you can live with that and on top of that you have instant use.
I need to sit down now and have a strong cup of cofee.
You lucky ^#%*!!
( please note the smiley)
My Iliad can only be switched on or off completely, no instant use, has a battery life of just about 5 hours and has a startup time of at least 1 minute.
As you can understand I would absolutely love a suspend mode or as you call it "the machine never turns off".
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But, the iLiad has a higher resolution and 16 shades. So it's still one up from anything else.
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Those 16 shades of grey do not impress me too much.
I use my ebook readers mostly for..well, reading.
With older ebook readers such as Hiebook (filthy green when backlit) and Rocket Ebook I never missed those greyshades.
The first Cybook ofcourse had colour but I never used that much.
The higher resolution is also not something I think I'll miss.