10-09-2006, 11:19 AM | #31 |
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Maybe this is the same great performance Sony laptop batteries exhibited...right before they went nuclear!
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10-09-2006, 03:30 PM | #32 | ||
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So, let's see, the iLiad's 10,000 page turns would take ... um, 2 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds. |
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10-09-2006, 03:43 PM | #33 | |
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But, that will work only with TXT, BBEB, and RTF books (or FAST formats) With PDF books, page turns take 2-8 seconds (obviously SLOW format). BTW, I think that battery life depends on what you are reading - FAST or SLOW formats. |
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10-09-2006, 04:01 PM | #34 | |
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I think you're right about the format making a difference, clearly processing time has to have an effect on power consumption. Then there's the whole question of finding a 7,800 page document.... |
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10-09-2006, 04:05 PM | #35 |
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Not to mention finding a physical therapist for the carpal tunnel problems you'll have after pressing the next page button that many times in a row....
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10-09-2006, 04:13 PM | #37 |
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I could use all ten fingers ... and my nose ... that should do for the first 3,750 pages or so ... then ... maybe toes? Elbows? Hmmm.
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10-11-2006, 05:11 PM | #38 |
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After a full week of usage, still 4 blocks for me.
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10-11-2006, 07:22 PM | #39 |
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Same here (well almost a week), and my Reader certainly has hasn't been sitting idle!
It's the first time I've ever had something run this long without sucking the battery down. But then it's not really running most of the time of course... Weird though to still see the bars not changing... |
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roughly 2000 page turns so far on the initial shipping charge and it just dropped to 2 bars.
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Wow, mine finally dropped one bar today
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10-12-2006, 12:03 PM | #44 |
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It'll probably go back up if you turn it off for a few minutes. They seem to flutter around the transitions for a while before settling into the lower reading.
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10-12-2006, 12:29 PM | #45 |
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I don't know that I"ll ever run the battery down realistically. Unless I load up 200 books and just do a "how many weeks of fairly constant reading can I get out of the Reader" test. I seem to plug it in every two or three days to bring down another collection, and it keeps topping that battery back off.
Well done on the battery life, Sony! |
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