Re: [android-developers] Re: Extreme battery life

2011-11-22 Thread Mark Murphy
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote: No, I don't have to take sensor data except right before I launch the daily reading. But even when the CPU is just ticking over doing nothing it still has to keep a bunch of volatile state in registers and RAM and

RE: [android-developers] Re: Extreme battery life

2011-11-22 Thread Tommy Hartz
Have you considered a solar phone charger? http://www.rei.com/gear/feature/search/Google/solar%20charger?s_kwcid=TC|130 29|solar%20phone%20charger||S|e|8644334045cm_mmc=ps_google_CH-_-Category%20 -%20Nav%2fCom-_-Nav%2fCom_Solar_Charger_General-_-solar%20phone%20chargergc

Re: [android-developers] Re: Extreme battery life

2011-11-22 Thread Mark Murphy
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Bret Foreman bret.fore...@gmail.com wrote: Mark, that would be very nice of you. Contact me off-list and we can figure out what device(s) I'll test for you. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy

RE: [android-developers] Re: Extreme battery life

2011-11-22 Thread Tommy Hartz
Ah ok well best of luck with your endeavor! -Original Message- From: android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto:android-developers@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bret Foreman Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:47 PM To: Android Developers Subject: [android-developers] Re: Extreme battery

Re: [android-developers] Re: Extreme battery life

2011-11-22 Thread Jim Graham
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 02:14:30PM -0800, Bret Foreman wrote: Solar is not an option but outboard batteries might work. Charging through the USB port is not very efficient, though, so I'd lose a lot of the benefit of a big external battery. You don't have to *CHARGE* through USB...just power