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Old 05-02-2010, 06:00 PM   #11
SeptemberWasp
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Originally Posted by ficbot View Post
5) Any tweaks to speed up the load time would be most welcome. And an auto-shutoff would help too. Every other device has one and I know I was quite alarmed the first time I left it on overnight and saw the next morning that it was still on the page I left it at and had not gone to sleep mode.
I think the way eInk operates is that your battery drain when simply leaving the screen is nominal if not non-existent. This is likely the rationale behind them putting the front cover for the currently read book as the powered-off screen.

Because of this I'm quite certain that having an auto-off feature is extraordinarily close to irrelevant. The device likely takes almost as much power to be on and on one page as it is to be off with a front cover displayed.


I agree the software needs changing. Deleting books via the device and removing books from your I'm Reading list from the device seems to be something that should be available.

I don't know how the device and web/desktop software process works when all the books are purchased via kobobooks but using calibre with external sources seems like a hackjob. I'd like for their software to mesh better with external sources of books.

Last edited by SeptemberWasp; 05-02-2010 at 06:05 PM. Reason: added some stuff
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