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Here's an update on my battery life.

Second charge: Charged overnight. I counted the page turns, and got 950 turns.

In addition I estimate I performed the following battery-draining functions: transferred 12 books to the device, loaded ~12 books, powered on/off ~5 times, and consumed ~25 refreshes browsing the library and the menu.

In total I used the unit no more than 15 hours.

I have to say, ~1000 page turns is quite disappointing, as is the combined reading time. I would probably get almost as much game time from my Nintendo DS, which powers an LCD constantly, whereas the Kobo Reader's battery is unused 95% of the time.

I'm not going to write my battery off as faulty (yet), since it seems that ~1000 page turns is fairly standard for the Kobo Reader, but I would love to know: is anyone getting anywhere near the hyped 8000 page turns? Even 2000 or 3000 would be good, but frankly 1000 seems shabby.

For my current charge I'm reading quite a lengthy book (768 'real' pages, about 1500 turns), and I don't plan to power on/off, browse menus, or switch between books. The only drain on the battery will be page turns, so it will be interesting to see if I can finish the book before the battery dies.