Originally Posted by CoolboyA:
“I never turn mine off. I'm sure it uses more power to boot down and back on again than it would to leave it "off". I use mine a lot so it is easier to have on demand...”
Same here. I do the same as you. Ive had my iPod Touch for 7 months now and most of the time I just tap the switch at the top once for it to go to standby mode. Doing the slide to off way (powering it down completely) takes quite a chunk of the battery power when it needs to reboot the iPod OS again and takes quite a while to start up again.