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Originally Posted by martinalex
I have tended towards the Irex, but it has been mentioned in this forum more than once that the Irex has no resume feature,  this was the crucial point for me to buy a Sony. The Sony has at lease a resume within a few seconds. |
Note that, technically the Sony does not have a "suspend/resume" feature. That is when you "dump" a memory image to disk, and reload it to resume execution - like the "Suspend" feature that most Windows notebooks offer.
The Sony simply never shuts down; when you "turn it off", all that happens is that it blanks the screen and disables most of the buttons. The operating system continues to run, which is why a Sony Reader will continue to use up its battery charge at a constant rate (roughly 1 "bar" of charge on the battery meter every 5-7 days) whether you use the machine or not.
I have both a Sony Reader and an iLiad. Both are excellent machines with their own strengths and weaknesses.