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ComputerGuru on Sept 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Officially Announces The New Kindle Paperwh...

Hahaha: quote from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19509626 under the image (the caption):

"Amazon said the Kindle Paperweight's battery could last for up to eight weeks"

(emphasis added)

(screenshot: http://cl.ly/image/3n0f0p3X173q)

eblade on Sept 7, 2012 [–]

I think the "eight week" translates well if the average daily usage is half an hour?

ComputerGuru on Sept 7, 2012 | [–]

I'm not referring to the battery life, rather the slip-of-tongue wrt the name of the device.

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