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Originally Posted by Jelbee
I'm incredibly confused by this. I've been led to believe that the Kobo does not use energy while it is stationary on a single page/image.
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I can't say with any certainty, but my speculation is that the while in a 'stationary' state (powered on, but left unattended) the Kobo Reader continues to use a small amount of power to hold information about the current book state in RAM.
I think it was Stinger who compared it to a computer that is in sleep mode: the computer uses much less power than while it is asleep, but still consumes a small amount of power.
Another possibility is that the Kobo Reader has some sort of 'memory leak' under certain circumstances, a background process that continues to run even while the Kobo is unattended and therefore drains the battery over time.
Kobo have stated on their Facebook discussion forum that the new firmware update will fix issues with poor battery lifespan, which suggests that there is some sort of memory/processing bug that is draining the battery unnecessarily: if they plug the memory leak the battery life will be extended. Again, pure speculation on my part!
EDIT: Snap! Stinger beat me to the punch.