Hi, ext Alan Williamson wrote: > Peter Flynn wrote: >> Kalle Valo wrote: >>> "ext Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon at csail.mit.edu> writes: >>> >>>> Battery died while in sleep mode over night (sayd it had days of idle >>>> time available but I guess waking up every 10min to scan for wireless >>>> killed it). >>> Nope, WLAN scanning every 10 minutes shouldn't kill the battery. I >>> don't remember the exact figures but it should last days also in that >>> state. >> Mine certainly seems to, although I haven't tested it to exhaustion. >> >> But I find it worrying that anyone could implement an interface which >> doesn't have a "go to standby" button, even if the timeout actually does >> that. Bad ergonomics. > > for my own experience, the battery life on the N800 sucks big time. > > i get no where near the time it claims to -- and i sometimes get stuck > in this reboot problem when the battery goes completely. I have a new > problem in that it doesn't always charge. > > i have had Nokia's all my life and this is the first device from them > that doesn't feel solid in terms of power. It feels shaky and i > wouldn't leave home without my power lead. i have tried changing > battery and it makes 0 difference. Have you installed _any_ extra software to the device? (WLAN AP that doesn't implement power management properly can be also an issue.) - Eero
