Cybook Gen3 Power Management

Cybook Gen3 has outstanding power management. The device is equipped with 1000mAh battery and solid state eInk display, but the technology isn't all. The clever power management is important too.

During eBook reading session (without mp3 listening) the Cybook Gen3 works in two modes - normal mode and sleep mode.

Normal mode uses full power of it's 200MHz processor to quickly display next page. Then you have to read new page, so Cybook could switch to sleep mode when processor need virtually next to nothing power (battery could power sleeping Cybook for about a week). When you click 'next page', Cybook wakes up from sleep, switch to normal (speedy) power mode, display another new page and goes to sleep again.

Using this technique the Cybook is able to save lot of energy and allow it's extraordinary 8000 page flips per on fully charged battery.

There is another power mode - the off mode. When you finish reading, you simply turn Cybook off. When in off mode, the device battery can support memory for about a year.