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battery life bad!
Member Review The battery only gives me 1.5 hours of 'on' life. I've had 2 of these units, returned the first and am getting ready to return the second one. And this is with the screen brightness turned way down. The M-130 lasted 8-10 hours and I expected to get...
[October 20, 2003, 14:52]
Agree, battery life is disappointing -- everything else is ACE
Member Review For the previous e100 a software update was made available to extend battery life. I believe that removing the SD card elongates battery life.
[January 13, 2004, 12:57]
Linux Laptop Battery Life: Measurement Tools, Techniques, and Results
White Papers Battery life is a valuable metric for improving Linux laptop power management. Battery life measurements require repeatable workloads. Intel's Open Source Technology Center has developed a battery life measurement tool-kit for making reliable...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Excellent Phone shame aboput the battery life/
Member Review Unlikeprevios reviews I have no issue with conjectuing it to a PC via a micro usb connection and the battery life, whilst not as good as a pure phone, is ok - two days with medium use. After a nubver of phones that all have limitations which...
[November 20, 2008, 9:04]
Racing car, speed up your action. A theme can extend your battery life
Downloads A theme can extend your battery life, we use black and yellow these kind color to make theme easy to use, and also saving battery. Racing car, speed up your action! Our best theme can always give you a deep meaning and freshing in looking, and long...
[May 8, 2007, 8:00]
Treo gets battery life boost
News Early adopters of Handspring's Treo organiser-mobile phone may be able to give a significant boost to battery life by installing a new software upgrade. Current models have updated software that improves battery life and adds a few other tweaks...
[May 3, 2002, 16:27]
Nuggets: Rock balances short battery life with looks
News However, the Agenda's Achilles heel is its battery life, or, to be precise, lack thereof. It scores A grades for usability, looks and performance, only to blow the battery life exam. We don't want to knock Rock too much over the battery life.
[October 23, 2000, 15:03]
Samsung hybrid hard drive extends laptop battery life
News Samsung Electronics says notebook users will get an extra half hour of battery life and be able to boot up their computers faster using its hybrid hard drive, which will come out in PCs in 2007. Spinning drives are one of the most power-hungry...
[May 16, 2006, 9:35]
ridiculous battery life, no standard data/charge connectors
Member Review apparently a nice phone, but a ridiculously short battery life and a bulky charger (no mini USB connector! make it a no-go
[November 29, 2007, 8:24]
Ultra Mobile PCs need better battery life, says Gartner
News Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) face the same problem as previous tablet PCs in that their battery life is not long enough at the moment for prolonged use, according to analyst house Gartner Group. The Ultra Mobile PC needs to have better battery life to...
[March 10, 2006, 15:55]
Microsoft: Windows 7 trumps Vista for battery life
News At a demonstration on Tuesday, Microsoft showed two identical laptops playing the same DVD, with the Windows 7-equipped notebook getting 20 per cent better battery life than one running Windows Vista.
[September 2, 2009, 12:39]
Ultra Mobile PCs need better battery life, says Gartner
Talkback The battery life needs to at least double and UMPCs really need an interactive interface to succeed. I can see an UMPC with a talkingdesktop interface software and a headset. This would allow me to leave my regular desktop behind and let me...
[March 12, 2006, 13:56]
The BEST -- battery life issues fixed too!
Member Review AND, the battery issues have been fixed along with the sound quality bug. Bluetooth works seamlessly and the whole phone interface is more intuitive and easier to use with many shortcuts in place to make life simpler.
[May 17, 2004, 12:47]
All day battery life is the clincher
Talkback But what makes the Toshiba an attractive prospect is the ALL DAY Battery life. I find myself constantly looking for the next power source when I'm travelling with my last laptop (m1210) even though it had a 4-5hr battery life.
[October 9, 2007, 13:19]
Dire battery life
Member Review The features on this phone are fantastic but unfortunately the very poor battery life do not allow you to make use of them for any reasonable period of time. The EXTENDED life battery only has a realistic standby time of 36 hours max.
[June 21, 2006, 13:32]
Poor battery life needs to be addressed
Member Review I have no problems with the Motorola A920; I find it to be a great phone -- the only complaint I have with the phone is the poor battery life. If Motorola could increase the battery life then everybody would be happy -- though the phone deserves 10...
[August 24, 2004, 14:29]
Intel goes Banias over battery life
News Intel will try a new tactic to improve laptop battery life when it comes out next year with "Banias," its first chip designed from the ground up to power notebooks. Banias, due out toward the end of 2002, is part of an increased focus on the laptop...
[March 27, 2001, 8:15]
Poor battery life and reception
Member Review The 7100v drops GPRS in areas that the 7730 works, and considering I have not used it to make voice calls I find the battery life short at 2-3 days (the 7730 would easily last 4-5 days ). I have switched from the 7730 to this with the view of also...
[November 30, 2004, 14:21]
Good idea, let down by execution and battery life
Member Review I find the software OK and full featured, but it has appalling battery life. I purchased one of these devices two months ago, after using Blackberries for years. The GPS system on my device failed after a month and I have returned it to HP, so far...
[October 19, 2005, 16:14]
Plaintiffs sought in potential battery-life class action
Blog A Californian law firm is looking for potential plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over laptop makers' battery life claims. Girard Gibbs has put up a webpage referring to AMD's claims that "many laptop battery manufacturers calculate battery life...
[June 30, 2009, 11:06]
