A stupid question probably!

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by cmargm

Just a quick question - since most of you leave your Kindle in 'sleep' mode and don't really turn it totally off, what do you do when you are flying? I have been told to "Turn off my Kindle" during take-offs and landings.

As has been mentioned several times, there is no provision to turn a Kindle completely off, so the most you can do on a flight is put it in sleep mode. Of course, the wireless should be turned off as well, especially on 3G models. If wireless is not turned off, Kindles will check for new books or updates every once and a while, even if it is asleep.

[sarang]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

As has been mentioned several times, there is no provision to turn a Kindle completely off, so the most you can do on a flight is put it in sleep mode. Of course, the wireless should be turned off as well, especially on 3G models. If wireless is not turned off, Kindles will check for new books or updates every once and a while, even if it is asleep.

Above post settles the issue. As the kindle in 'manual off' with 'wireless on' mode downloads books and magazine subscriptions, it is alert and does not sleep.