Kindle 3: Some Hidden Features

Re:Kindle 3: Some Hidden Features by fakelvis on Thursday September 30, 2010 @11:06AM (#1743487)

From what I understand, an E Ink screen doesn't consume power when simply keeping an image displayed. Instead, the battery of the Kindle is only diminished by WiFi and Whispernet use, page refreshes (turning pages, typing, navigating, etc.) and book indexing.*

If the above is true, I assume Standby merely prevents accidental key presses and does not help maintain the battery life, right? After all, you can still send books to your Kindle while it is in Standby mode.

*Right or wrong, can anyone confirm this?

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Re:Kindle 3: Some Hidden Features by a1k0n on Thursday September 30, 2010 @11:10AM (#1743499)

The Kindle is effectively "off" in standby mode. You can't send books to it, unless you use a USB cable, in which case it boots up in USB mass storage mode. Or is wifi still on on the Kindle 3?

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Re:Kindle 3: Some Hidden Features by emag on Thursday September 30, 2010 @12:46PM (#1743892)

Funny, I send books to my Kindle wirelessly all the time in standby mode, and when I wake it, they're already there. Perhaps you're confusing standby (displaying an image, from either the ~4sec power button push or inactivity timeout) with the off setting (~15sec power button push).

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