Battery Life of Blackberry 8800
Been quite good by business equipment standards...
I went a full day, 530am till 930pm on one charge before it got to 5% and told me it didn't have enough power to turn on the radio. That's nearly 16 hours of use, more than adequate for a full business day.
Why is that more than acceptable? Testing methodology included enabling BB push email, Gmail prefetch, Hosted Gmail prefetch, calendar sync, GoogleTalk, AIM, and BlackBerry messenger all running. The GPS was used for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour during this time, and much time was spent on GoogleTalk chatting. All of these involved backlights being active.
A bonus is that within 30 minutes of charging in the car, I was able to get it back up to nearly 35% power, all the while using the integrated GPS with the screen on.
I continue to find the keyboard less than preciese. The BlackBerry 7290 and Cingular 8525 continue to have better keyboards for precision and speed. The BB 8700 isn't bad. But these keys are cramped with not much space between with a weird hump, not quite domed keytop.
I went a full day, 530am till 930pm on one charge before it got to 5% and told me it didn't have enough power to turn on the radio. That's nearly 16 hours of use, more than adequate for a full business day.
Why is that more than acceptable? Testing methodology included enabling BB push email, Gmail prefetch, Hosted Gmail prefetch, calendar sync, GoogleTalk, AIM, and BlackBerry messenger all running. The GPS was used for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour during this time, and much time was spent on GoogleTalk chatting. All of these involved backlights being active.
A bonus is that within 30 minutes of charging in the car, I was able to get it back up to nearly 35% power, all the while using the integrated GPS with the screen on.
I continue to find the keyboard less than preciese. The BlackBerry 7290 and Cingular 8525 continue to have better keyboards for precision and speed. The BB 8700 isn't bad. But these keys are cramped with not much space between with a weird hump, not quite domed keytop.
posted by vmok00 at 1:05 PM
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