Android battery life

[Matt Shields]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> David Kramer made a point last night that the Motorola Backflip battery
> life is about 4 hours. In general, I've found that in comparison to the
> Blackberry, battery life is shorter, but in addition to the EDGE and GPS
> networks on the BB, I have 3G + 802.11g. If my usage patterns on the
> Backflip were the same as the BB, I would probably give the battery
> about 24 hours. Last night during the meeting, I had the Android fully
> charged until I unplugged it during Robert's talk, but I was using it
> during the talk to browse web pages related to SuSE station. I used it
> during the after-meeting meeting at the Brewery, and it was connected to
> the bluetooth in my car on the way home. At this time, the battery is
> registering 51%. Additionally, you can set the Battery Profile to
> "Performance Mode", "Smart Mode", and "Battery Saver Mode". The default
> out of the box is "Performance Mode" which is what it is currently set
> to. I'm going to play around with "Smart Mode" in a few days. basically,
> your have a number of options available to you to conserve the battery.
> you can turn off bluetooth and WiFi when you are not using them.  In my
> personal case, I generally can keep the battery at nearly full charge
> most of the time in Performance Mode. But, like the iPhone, it is a tool
> that is fun and easy to use. My goals for a Smartphone are:
> 1. share calendar home, work, Smartphone
> 2. share contacts
> 3. share memo pad
>
> The BB failed in terms of the contacts and memo pad. But, the downside
> it that if you are out of range, some of the information is not
> available. But, I like the fact that I don't have to tether my phone to
> my computer at work to sync. I'm using Evernote for my 350+ notes. I
> would prefer a memo pad feature where the notes are stored locally on
> the device, but the ability to share with both Linux and Windows is more
> important.
>
> One more thing, is that the Android comes with a Remote Wipe and Locate
> feature.
>
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I found that turning off the wifi saved on battery life.  I found that the
Verizon 3G was pretty decent for speed so I haven't used wifi at all.
There's also some apps (can't remember the name) which put an icon on your
desktop to make it easy to turn wifi on and off with a single click, instead
of having to dig through the settings menus.

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