Battery Lifetime

[thomasg]

Where ever you think you might have heard this: it's bullshit.
Complete bullshit.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:

> I'm amazed that more isn't being said about the battery lifetime people
> are seeing?
>
> I just read an article in Information Week that cited a large poll
> concerning users of mobile devices.  What was the number 1 issue, far
> and above any other issue people are concerned about and want to see
> improvement.  Yes, battery life.
>
> The times I've seen posted here are pathetic!  8 hours of standby!
> Christ, my MotoQ has almost 8 hours of active phone time!  8 hours of
> standby makes the FR a toy at best.
>
> I realize that a lot of people are just trying to get the unit to accept
> a sim card, or make a call,  get a gps fix, etc..  But I seriously can't
> use it as anything but a desk toy with that kind of battery life.
>
> Is there an ACPI or some other kind of power monitor built in that is
> granular enough for somebody to work on this problem using software?
>
> Scott
>
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