Any smartphone with a fair amount use is going to require charging everyday. If I'm really working it, I can kill mine in a couple hours. I have a charger in my car, at my desk at work and at home, so it's never that much of an issue.
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:03 PM, John B. Holmblad <jholmb...@hotmail.com>wrote: > All, > > for what it is worth. battery charge duration is appearing as an issue > with the Motorola Droid as well. I have started using a Droid and I > notice that I need to charge it every night, and, if I fail to do that, > then the next day it runs low on battery charge. Here is the url to > some advice posted on the Verizon Wireless www site concerning battery > duration related issues: > > http://search.vzw.com/?do=viewdoc&id=27662 > > Of course the Verizon Wireless Droid uses EVDO for Internet access which > may be more or less power efficient than HSDPA as implemented on the > N900, I am not sure. One think I like about the Droid is that there is a > way for the user to be informed of WHAT is consuming the power on the > device in each of 9 categories including > > Display > > Voice Calls > > Phone Idle > > Wi-Fi > > Cell Standby > > Browser > > Android System > > Bluetooth > > Android OS > > > > Best Regards, > > > > John Holmblad > > > > Acadia Secure Networks, LLC > > * * > > > > > Alberto Garcia wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:48:27AM +0200, Andrea Grandi wrote: > > > > > >> after some days using the N900 (with already lot of charge/discharge > >> cicles) I'd like to compare my battery duration with other people. > >> > > > > During the first days I used the N900 a lot, including browsing the > > web, instant messaging, e-mail, etc. The battery didn't last much more > > than a day, so I had to recharge it everyday at night. > > > > But then I wanted to compare its battery life with that of my old > > phone, so I started using it in a more conservative way: phone calls, > > text messages, calendar, alarm clock and occasionally as a media > > player. I also used the camera to take some pictures here and there > > and I connected to the Internet a few times to read my e-mail or check > > a couple of websites, but only for a 2-3 minutes each time. > > > > I charged the N900 on Wednesday night, and it's almost exhausted now, > > so it lasted for ~4 days, which is quite good, I think, to get an > > idea. > > > > Berto > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users@maemo.org > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- In Vino Veritas http://rubbernecking.info
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