11-12-2010, 06:21 PM
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Battery life when reading from SD card
Does reading ebooks from the SD card drains the e-ink reader battery a lot quicker than from using the internal storage?
I don't have statistics but my iRiver reader lasts for just a few hundred pages before the battery completely runs out, but iRiver specs claimed that it's able to read 7000 - 9000 pages on a full charge. I always read my ebooks stored on the SD card. I wonder if it is generally the case that accessing the SD card uses more battery power? |
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11-12-2010, 08:31 PM
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 The same technology storage (flash) is inside your reader. Change your brand of SD Card and see if it helps.  There are crummy cards that don't power down and sleep. |
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11-12-2010, 09:49 PM
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I'm using a Sandisk card with a 4G storage. Not really sure if it's the culprit, or the battery life as claimed by the manufacturer is just dishonest advertising.
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11-12-2010, 10:01 PM
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you might get more help in the forum related to your device?
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11-12-2010, 10:06 PM
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I have noticed the same problem with my Sony PRS-650 and a 4GB Lexar Memory Stick. The battery dropped a bar after a week of reading from the main memory, now it lasts a day or two at the most before it drops a bar.
Might have to do with indexing the increased number of books, though, and not the card itself. I don't know. |
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11-13-2010, 11:39 AM
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Since I don't have a "Total Pages read" counter, I can't state in court that the value is exaggerated  I do get many 300p books read per charge.There are "Laboratory - Life tests" and "Real World (tm) - usage Tests". Advertising will always use the one that looks best Sandisk is a good BRAND. That does not mean that you did not get a bad Card. I don't know the Iriver, but turning OFF my PEZ between reads uses MORE power re-booting and Re-scanning than just locking the keyboard (unit sleeps). There was bad Firmware versions released for my model , that did not sleep properly and depleted the battery. ASK in the Iriver group about firmware to be using. You may have a similar problem) |
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