[maemo-users] N900 battery duration

[From: Kevin T. Neely]

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 <jholmblad at 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
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