Tolkien on the Kindle - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nogrod · 12-29-2010, 06:26 PM

As a new owner of a "smartphone" (htc) I'm interested in the batteries - the Achilles' heels of all electronic gadgets... How many hours (minutes) can you read it without reloading? My oldtime cellphone got on fairly nice for four-five days but my new one needs recharging every other day.

I mean one doesn't have to reload a book.

On the environmental note... what other environmental problems the expanded use of electricity - or making of these gadgets - creates? I'm not sure how fond the prof. would be.

12-29-2010, 06:26 PM	#2
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	As a new owner of a "smartphone" (htc) I'm interested in the batteries - the Achilles' heels of all electronic gadgets... How many hours (minutes) can you read it without reloading? My oldtime cellphone got on fairly nice for four-five days but my new one needs recharging every other day. I mean one doesn't have to reload a book. On the environmental note... what other environmental problems the expanded use of electricity - or making of these gadgets - creates? I'm not sure how fond the prof. would be. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...