California and the European Union have set limits on how much power appliances can consume in standby mode.
The front cover image of your current title or a favourite photo can be displayed as a screensaver when Reader is in standby.
Traditional computers average 35.5 watts in standby, while laptops average 16.5 watts, according to a 2005 survey conducted by Australia's Ministerial Council on Energy.
Additionally, you'll find a two-inch QVGA display, mobile banking abilities, 160 minutes of talk time (300 hours in standby), and a mysterious "biorhythm" function to boot.
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However, improving the performance of SRAM to match advances in mobile products results in increasing current leakage, both during operation and in standby mode, degrading power performance.
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The standard, as defined by the Department of Energy's Energy Star program, means the chargers will consume about 50% less energy than their predecessors when in standby mode.
On the upside, Nokia claims that you'll get 12 hours of talk, and over 40 in standby (under optimum, lab conditions) to give you plenty of time to do everything.
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It takes at least 20 milliwatts to keep a mobile phone operating in standby mode, but Nokia hopes that power scavenging might eventually deliver 50 milliwatts, enough to trickle-charge a phone.
While the one I had been using was no more powerful than my Vaio, the MacBook Pro ran more smoothly, entered and exited standby more quickly, and could remain in standby overnight without causing any glitches the next day.
There's a bit of a learning curve here, when it comes to just turning the thing on -- give it a twist and a pull, not unlike a childproof pill cap to put it in standby and another pull to get things started.
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There's not much else to be found on the tablet: four customizable buttons (for mouse clicks, touch toggle, application launch etc.), an LED indicator (dim white in standby, bright white in touch mode and orange in pen mode) and a fabric tug to store your stylus.
But he looked ahead toward the Haswell generation of Intel Architecture, which will come out in 22nm after Ivy Bridge, as the point at which Intel and its partners will be able to offer devices that can remain in standby mode, but still connected to the Internet (to receive, for example, phone calls or alerts) for 10 days without a recharge.
Thankfully, the power button on the remote puts the player in a standby mode so it will play nicely in a remote location via IR extenders.
For example some of the Motorola DVRs requires the STB to be in the standby state to configure the output resolution.
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Some jet aircraft are based in nearby Kyrgyzstan, but another 500 US troops who have been assigned to the peacekeeping force will be on standby in Germany.
Water rescue units were on standby in low-lying areas prone to flooding, just in case, he said.
Victoria paceman Dirk Nannes will also travel to India on standby in case of any more bowling injuries.
After the war, some bunkers left were kept on standby in case of another war or a nuclear disaster.
Ray Lee, the president of Kasco Marine, said he had two employees and several de-icers on standby in case they are needed.
Maryland officials stationed tow trucks at motorway rest areas and car parks, and tree-trimmers were on standby in anticipation of the storm.
York to Newcastle line, closed by flooding and engineering work, expected to reopen but buses on standby in York for all rail services.
As for outside help, World Vision announced Sunday that it "has put its emergency response team in India on standby" to provide relief as requested.
There was a network of Thor ballistic missile sites, such as the former RAF North Pickenham, which were on standby in the Cuban missile crisis and where significant CND demonstrations occurred in the late 1950s.
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The federal High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, a specialized interrogation team led by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, is on standby in case Mr. Tsarnaev becomes capable of communicating, even if only in writing, officials said.
EMAS's plans, which are due to be considered by its board on 25 March, also involve putting in place 131 standby and community ambulances across the six counties - Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutland, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.
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Dan Garrett, operations manager at the trust's Coxheath base near Maidstone, Kent, said staff used specialist software to predict where many emergency calls would come from, and vehicles would be on standby in those areas so crews could be in the right place at the right time.
England placed Olly Barkley and Tom Rees on standby earlier in the week.
Both Mr Mahama and Mr Akufo-Addo have promised to accept the result, but 5, 000 soldiers have been put on standby just in case.
Security has been tightened across Indonesia in the wake of the attacks, with 500 troops put on standby to support police in the capital.
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