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03-17-2013, 09:54 PM | #257 |
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Well, I'm very carefully not suggesting you void your warrantee, but if the battery in your Touch is the same as the one in your Glo... Chances are as long as the wires are the same color code, battery polarity would be the same. A meter could also be used to determine polarity. Certainly would be interesting. Perhaps a quick email to SameerH would get you permission/advice considering your status as a beta tester...
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I got 44 hours over 14 days with my Glo which took the battery down to 25%, and then it went from 25% to empty in about another hour. That was with firmware 2.3.2, I haven't done a proper test since upgrading to 2.4.0.
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03-18-2013, 05:35 AM | #259 | |
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Ahhh ... I understand! Isn't the phrase "user-testing" when it is something that has already been released? There was a really good term for releasing something and then letting the buyers do the development work regarding British Leyland cars in the 70s, and I can't quite grab it to throw at the screen.
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03-18-2013, 04:15 PM | #263 |
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Well, after two sets of emails elicited no response from either Sameer or Danny Staffieri , I come home today to find Glo #4 has arrived.
The return packaging indicates it's going back to Ingram Micro Logistics, who I believe handle all their fulfillment in Canada. There's no note, no "Mark to the attention of", just the usual instructions that came with all the other units. So I don't know if this was Kobo Customer Care who initiated this, or Danny, as was promised. If I had to guess, I would say the former. Worst case, this winds up in a pile with all the other returned units Kobo gets. I will try one more set of emails to Sameer and Danny, asking again for direction. I'll wait a couple of days, then off it goes. Sad that communication on this is suddenly so lacking. |
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This is one of the worst bits of dealing with Kobo - their communication is abysmal. Before anyone leaps down my throat, yes, I know that they are not the only company like this, but for a relatively small player in the e-reader market (a market that seems to be shrinking, according to recent figures I saw somewhere, probably on <i>The Register</i>) they ought to have customer service way above the bigger players so that people want to buy from them, secure in the knowledge that they will get looked after in the event of problems.
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I got my Glo very recently (last week), and it's got the blue-tinted light. My bedroom is pitch-black, to the point that power lights and my alarm clock are significant light sources, and I've been fine reading on the lowest level, but I do wish I could dim it a little more. My battery life has been good, like my Touch or better, but I haven't had time to give it a real workout yet. I also power-off instead of sleeping, but I do have auto-power-off and auto-sleep settings configured. (It's either "sleep after 5 minutes, off after 10" or 10/15.) |
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I too haven't heard anything from Danny nor Sameer and not even from Matt – while I've sent the latter two quite a few emails already with test data and a few questions. Oh well. Sameer has told me previously that they are working as fast as they can, so I am confident that something is happening. Still annoying to be left in the dark, though. I don't even know if Danny received my address the second time I sent it. |
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Turning you device off instead of sleeping in between reading sessions will get you good battery life. The problem occurs during sleep mode – so it's not surprising you're not having any problems. Then again, you might be one of the lucky many who can sleep their Glo all they want with no extra battery drain. |
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