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Palm Tungsten T real battery life
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Sep 30, 2003, 10:12 AM
 
I recently bought a Palm T.
They're really cheap in Sweden right now I guess due to the T2.

Anyway, I just wanted to know how long battery life you guys get...
I'm mostly interested in battery life during use.
Like with SheetToGo or similar apps.

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Oct 1, 2003, 07:56 PM
 
I could'nt give you an exact time but I reckon my Tungsten T lasts about 3 days without charge, thats fairly regular use, address book look-ups, making notes, occasional web access through bluetooth to mobile etc. Battery dies alot quicker when you are using bluetooth a lot.

I think it is fairly recognised that the battery life is not good on the Tungstens, mine lives in it's cradle most of the time so for me it's a non issue.

Hope thats of some help to you
     
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Oct 1, 2003, 08:11 PM
 
I can't give you a firm number on battery life, either, but I can say that my new Tungsten T has significantly shorter battery life than my old, venerable Palm V.

I once took my Palm V on a trip to Europe, and used it quite a bit, and after two weeks the battery meter was just under half full.

My new palm, on the other hand, would probably only have lasted a week under the same workload, if even that, without using bluetooth.
     
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Oct 2, 2003, 09:59 AM
 
?
I get around 4 hours of use (Document2Go) with the screen set to 33%!
Maybe I should do that hard reset thing?

Except for the battery life it's a great piece of equipment.
For the kind of work I do it saves me a lot of time and the trouble of carrying my iBook around.
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