Android battery life

[Jerry Feldman]

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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