Hi,
ext Alan Williamson wrote:
> Peter Flynn wrote:
>> Kalle Valo wrote:
>>> "ext Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>
>>>> Battery died while in sleep mode over night (sayd it had days of idle
>>>> time available but I guess waking up every 10min to scan for wireless
>>>> killed it).
>>> Nope, WLAN scanning every 10 minutes shouldn't kill the battery. I
>>> don't remember the exact figures but it should last days also in that
>>> state.
>> Mine certainly seems to, although I haven't tested it to exhaustion.
>>
>> But I find it worrying that anyone could implement an interface which
>> doesn't have a "go to standby" button, even if the timeout actually does
>> that. Bad ergonomics.
>
> for my own experience, the battery life on the N800 sucks big time.
>
> i get no where near the time it claims to -- and i sometimes get stuck
> in this reboot problem when the battery goes completely. I have a new
> problem in that it doesn't always charge.
>
> i have had Nokia's all my life and this is the first device from them
> that doesn't feel solid in terms of power. It feels shaky and i
> wouldn't leave home without my power lead. i have tried changing
> battery and it makes 0 difference.
Have you installed _any_ extra software to the device?
(WLAN AP that doesn't implement power management properly can be also an
issue.)
- Eero
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