It's a sad day...

Leaping Gnome · 11-09-2006, 11:33 PM

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I bought my lovely little Reader on Friday evening October 6th. And today, 34 days later, I had to.... :sniff: .... I had to unpack the battery charger.

Can I get some comfort?

tcv · 11-10-2006, 12:06 AM

diabloNL · 11-10-2006, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Leaping Gnome

I bought my lovely little Reader on Friday evening October 6th. And today, 34 days later, I had to.... :sniff: .... I had to unpack the battery charger.

Can I get some comfort?

Do you mean it was the wrong item or did someone steel your reader?

Nightwing · 11-10-2006, 02:53 AM

A sad day when you need to charge it...

Laurens · 11-10-2006, 03:07 AM

I simply leave it plugged in the USB. I had a little scare yesterday when the battery indicator dropped to 3 blocks. The horror!

Nightwing · 11-10-2006, 03:16 AM

When it hit only three bars. Desided to go find where I had put the box with the recharger yesterday.

diabloNL · 11-10-2006, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Leaping Gnome

I bought my lovely little Reader on Friday evening October 6th. And today, 34 days later, I had to.... :sniff: .... I had to unpack the battery charger.

Can I get some comfort?

Hi hi, stupid me. Now I understand. It was very early this morning.

maccoul · 11-10-2006, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Laurens

I simply leave it plugged in the USB. I had a little scare yesterday when the battery indicator dropped to 3 blocks. The horror!

Had the exact same scare just an hour ago. I bet it was that graphic novel (44Mb) I downloaded that ate the extra juice.

Cthulhu · 11-10-2006, 01:45 PM

To Clarify:

The USB cable for downloading content also acts as charger?

Two friends of mine who have newer smartphones were chiding me that my Treo 650 does not have USB charging capability. Of course, neither one of them has a bluetooth dongle for their PC, so it's a dead heat.

USB charging would be awesome. A smart move on SONY's part, if they included it

NatCh · 11-10-2006, 01:47 PM

They did.

It nominally takes twice as long to charge from USB, but it does charge that way.

Cthulhu · 11-10-2006, 01:57 PM

NatCh: thanks. Brilliant!
Yet another reason Li-Ion trumps AA's.

NatCh · 11-10-2006, 02:01 PM

I think the folks working on the NAEB Reader are trying to set it up to charge AAA NiMh batt's from the USB (details here, for the interested), don't know where they are on it presently.

BobVA · 11-10-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cthulhu

To Clarify:

The USB cable for downloading content also acts as charger?

Two friends of mine who have newer smartphones were chiding me that my Treo 650 does not have USB charging capability. Of course, neither one of them has a bluetooth dongle for their PC, so it's a dead heat.

USB charging would be awesome. A smart move on SONY's part, if they included it

If you're ever wondering if the Reader is charging, there's a tiny red "Charge" light on the "spine", right above the power switch. It will go out when the battery is fully charged.

I'm using this with my Treo 700p for USB charging; says it works with the 650, too.

http://shop.treonauts.com/content/ac.../5-19--280.htm

Bob Russell · 11-10-2006, 04:05 PM

And if you have a cradle, there is a white light halo when it's charging. It goes off when it's finished charging. I didn't like it at first, but now I love it. And everytime I put it on the cradle to transfer or delete files or buy books to put on it, I find that it tops off the battery charge pretty quickly.

That's unbelievably freeing and satisfying for a book reading device to have such great battery life. I hope Sony never says that the battery life is overkill and cuts it back. I think it's worth whatever sacrifice in space or cost or even fine tuning of how the e-ink display operates to get great battery life!

Nightwing · 11-10-2006, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Russell

And if you have a cradle, there is a white light halo when it's charging. It goes off when it's finished charging. I didn't like it at first, but now I love it. And everytime I put it on the cradle to transfer or delete files or buy books to put on it, I find that it tops off the battery charge pretty quickly.

That's unbelievably freeing and satisfying for a book reading device to have such great battery life. I hope Sony never says that the battery life is overkill and cuts it back. I think it's worth whatever sacrifice in space or cost or even fine tuning of how the e-ink display operates to get great battery life!

Wow!!! Saw the charge stand in a box over at frys yesterday but did not know it lit up! May rethink it now...

Any other benefits for the cradle?

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Nightwing Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 541 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Cowon A2 Dell x3i, Sony Reader & Eee PC!	A sad day when you need to charge it...

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Nightwing Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 541 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Cowon A2 Dell x3i, Sony Reader & Eee PC!	When it hit only three bars. Desided to go find where I had put the box with the recharger yesterday.

11-10-2006, 01:45 PM	#9
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	To Clarify: The USB cable for downloading content also acts as charger? Two friends of mine who have newer smartphones were chiding me that my Treo 650 does not have USB charging capability. Of course, neither one of them has a bluetooth dongle for their PC, so it's a dead heat. USB charging would be awesome. A smart move on SONY's part, if they included it

11-10-2006, 01:47 PM	#10
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	They did. It nominally takes twice as long to charge from USB, but it does charge that way.

11-10-2006, 01:57 PM	#11
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	NatCh: thanks. Brilliant! Yet another reason Li-Ion trumps AA's.

11-10-2006, 02:01 PM	#12
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I think the folks working on the NAEB Reader are trying to set it up to charge AAA NiMh batt's from the USB (details here, for the interested), don't know where they are on it presently.

11-10-2006, 04:05 PM	#14
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	And if you have a cradle, there is a white light halo when it's charging. It goes off when it's finished charging. I didn't like it at first, but now I love it. And everytime I put it on the cradle to transfer or delete files or buy books to put on it, I find that it tops off the battery charge pretty quickly. That's unbelievably freeing and satisfying for a book reading device to have such great battery life. I hope Sony never says that the battery life is overkill and cuts it back. I think it's worth whatever sacrifice in space or cost or even fine tuning of how the e-ink display operates to get great battery life!

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