On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Conor Wynne <mariconor at gmail.com> wrote:
> That'll be a fail then, just like the iphone.Why can manufacturers not
> understand battery life is KEY for a portable device, especially for a
> mobile.
>
They do. It's just not physically possible to power a linux box with a
gigahertz cpu, a half gig of ram, 32GB of flash, multiple radio
recievers/transmitters, a 800x600 display, a touchscreen sensor from a 15
gram battery for 3 weeks. 4 hours is still more than most laptops of a
similar spec!
I could'nt believe my "smartphone" ran out of juice after less than a
> day with all options on. I needed to make a call and couldn't.
> So I dumped it and went back to my _physically_ broken old nokia - the
> screen is held on with celotape, but at it lasts 4+ days
>
Great. So carry both. I don't make that many calls; I'm ten times more
likely to email someone than call them.
John
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