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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Joshp on April 25, 2004, 07:06:22 pm

Title: Battery life.
Post by: Joshp on April 25, 2004, 07:06:22 pm

I am condersing buying a C siers form Jap.  And I was wonder what battery life do you get with a AmbiCom WL1100C-CF wifi card with the differnt models.  And would you please also post at what screen brights your useing it with.  Thx in adv.

JP

Title: Battery life.
Post by: padishah_emperor on April 25, 2004, 07:43:56 pm

Hi JP

Just got a text message from a friend in London with a wifi card on a C760 (which has the big battery), he reckons he get about 5 hours from it on medium brightness - on average with average use. Not sure what *that* means though!

Hope this helps a bit

;-)

Title: Battery life.
Post by: Joshp on April 25, 2004, 08:46:19 pm

Thx padishah_emperor.  And I would relly like to know the battery life of a sl-c750 with the same wifi card.  

JP

Title: Battery life.
Post by: padishah_emperor on April 25, 2004, 09:01:02 pm

I\'d half the estimate as a conservative guide, unless someone has specifically measured it. Buy a big battery? :-)

Anyone?

Title: Battery life.
Post by: treke on April 26, 2004, 01:46:43 am

Quote

Hi JP

Just got a text message from a friend in London with a wifi card on a C760 (which has the big battery), he reckons he get about 5 hours from it on medium brightness - on average with average use. Not sure what *that* means though!

Hope this helps a bit

;-)

Hmm. I\'d say I probably get around 4 hours on my c760 also.

Title: Battery life.
Post by: bluedevils on April 26, 2004, 08:50:29 am

Whenever I use the small battery from my former 5500 in the 760, I get about the same usage as the 5500.  I expect about an hour or less.

Title: Battery life.
Post by: ScottYelich on April 26, 2004, 01:01:00 pm

I get 3+ hours with wifi usage.  I haven\'t tested dling contantly to see...  plus, I think it matters how close to the
access point, etc.

without wifi and screen not at max ... it can play mp3s for quite a long time.  I played nethack (qt) and listened
to mp3s while flying across the country (us) ...  the battery was at 45% down from 100% after the 5 hour flight.

Scott

Title: Battery life.
Post by: Joshp on April 26, 2004, 01:18:27 pm

ScottYelich,  Which Zaurus model do you have.

JP