09-05-2012, 10:47 AM | #1141 | |
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In sleep mode the computer is running with the book in memory ready to be displayed - it uses much more power than power off mode ltr |
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09-05-2012, 10:47 AM | #1142 |
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Even if no processes are running, the RAM will need to be powered - just like the difference between suspend and hibernate on a laptop, so it will slowly leech power. On a day to day basis, this might not be much, but if you were going to leave it for a week, power off would be better.
I have found that the battery life is fine with using sleep rather than power off if I am reading daily. I seem to need to charge about once a week or so, which is not so bad (I haven't measured this though - and I am always suprised at how infrequently it seems to need charging). In my experience, the bigger impact is turning the wifi off when you don't need it. |
09-05-2012, 11:27 AM | #1143 |
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Thanks ltr and scoobertron, I always wondered! I even asked customer care at one point and from the answer I got it was clear the girly didn't know either.
In that case, DrNefario's idea would be useful: power off after 24h or even 36h or something |
09-05-2012, 06:20 PM | #1144 | |
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09-06-2012, 08:45 AM | #1145 |
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So with the announcement of the new devices out of the way I wonder what the odds are we'll see a firmware update in the near future?
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09-06-2012, 10:20 AM | #1146 |
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I noticed in the promo video for the new devices they feature a new 'kobo slab' font. To bring that to the touch would require an update beyond 2.1.1.
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09-06-2012, 12:54 PM | #1147 |
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Has 2.1.1 been released in the U.S.?
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09-06-2012, 01:16 PM | #1148 |
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09-07-2012, 06:52 AM | #1149 | |
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Those battery-life figures are really interesting. I'm still getting what I regard as quite poor battery-life figures, BUT I'm relying on getting to about the same point (3/4 exhausted) on the meter, because I don't want to run out of reading material when travelling. Things should get a bit more stable soon, so I'll try a full-to-flat reading session this time. |
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09-07-2012, 07:10 AM | #1151 |
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Yes, there may be a good reason, but why the heck don't Kobo tell us what it is? As I've said before, I think that there are a number of hardware versions, and it is hard for the devs to deal with them all. That was why I was trying to get people to find their hardware versions and post them with the experiences of updating to 2.0.0/.1/.2/2.1.1. There could be some useful information in there that would actually help the devs.
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