Well, although the Kindle is nice, I think my battery is defective.  Two tests, the first with wireless enabled:

1. Charge until the LED goes out (~2 hr)
2. Use Kindle for 30 minutes
3. Let Kindle sleep for 9 or 10 hours
4. (battery down to 1% - unit will not power on)

According to Amazon, when the unit sleeps and the wireless is turned on, it's not really sleeping, it's completely lying to you.  I think this is false, but I shut off the wireless just for completeness:

1. Charge until the LED goes out (~2 hr)
2. Use Kindle for 30 minutes
3. Let Kindle sleep for 9 or 10 hours
4. Use Kindle for 10 minutes - battery is around 80-90%
5. Let Kindle sleep for 4-5 hours
6. Battery down to 62%

After roughly 40-45 minutes of usage, the battery should not drain to 62%.  It's supposed to last much longer.  So Amazon is sending me a new one, and according to them, there have ben "lots of" battery problems.

Annoying.

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