Thread: n900 as an internet tablet
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ralphb is offline ralphb
2009-08-29 , 14:51
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Hold it right there. 3hrs off the charger is NOT normal battery life. Either your battery is getting worn out, or there is something in your tablet's config/apps preventing it from idling.
Ah, yes, my 3hrs usage is not idling, but listening to podcasts/mp3s usually. Screen blank most of the time. The battery may be getting a little old, but I don't remember it being much better when new.

Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Specs can be misleading in that sense (who knows what usage pattern is assumed), so that will be realistically known only after the users get the production units and report back what usage patterns yield what battery life.
Mobile phones are usually quoted with talk-time and standby-time. These two, at least, are conspicuously lacking for the N900. I surmise, therefore, that they are embarrassingly low.

For this device I would also like to see:
- video playback time
- audio playback time (through headphones/speakers/transmitter)
- browsing time without flash
- browsing time with flash
- time operating with GPS with 10% screen non-blanked