Battery Life; Battery Graphv1.02 results for Palm/Sony

comis

Hi, all.
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9 [& d% N% K  h+ N( NI just want to put out a post about Battery test for our members' PDA for reference to new buyers and everyone.
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I guess it is very difficult to 'test' battery life of each machine since everyone's light setting, hardware are all different.  And I hereby suggest using Battery Graph v1.02(or newer) as a common ground.
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8 Y( u, j( A& q5 aAnyone who like to participate can:

- F. ~5 O3 w3 A5 B1) Download Battery Graph v 1.2(free) from Freewarepalm:
% ?! O6 ^" W7 ohttp://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/batterygraph.shtml

2) Install it in your palm, and then set your lighting to a certain percentage(for example, for my TT, I usually use 25% backlight)  And please do NOT charge it again during the test.
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3) Turn off all the BT or IR, and use it for ONE purpose only
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4) Record what is the beginning percentage/voltage and ending percentage/voltage; And start from a full battery:)
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4 `* v. H& K3 E8 p2 t4 j) X" |5) And post your result here:D :
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To start the thread, this is my result:

9 z3 n& V6 p; n- ^Name of the machine:   Palm TT
Ownership time:           6 months +
Time:                          4:57, from 100% to 8%
, i6 Z2 B  ~, X# F  rBacklight:                     25%
3 C( ^3 \7 v1 ?- ]. xPurpose:                      Reading, schdule 15min, alarm w/ vibration 1time.
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* r/ U; |) X/ R: s2 \7 ?; T6 aBegining Voltage:          100%, 4.19V
Ending voltage:             8%, 3.710V
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Hope you all will enjoy participating, and let's share our knowledge!!!

  ?4 H/ L5 `, ]5 X/ \Thank you in advance for participating!!:D

$ y; M2 p: H" _7 s4 f[ 本贴由 comis 于 2003-5-30 04:37 PM 最后编辑 ]