PDA-Based ETDs

[paul bruesch]

Did you want to ask why I sold my PDA and kept my SAT-3??

Anyhow, you can slow the battery drain somewhat by lowering the brightness
of the display. If you have an adjustable-speed processor, slowing that can
help too.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>  I will be taking a first run on my new HP ipaq 111 PDA w/ Verituner
> software (been using a VT100 for a few years) this afternoon. Just got the
> software installed last night. Was curious how long the battery lasts, so I
> left the unit on while I walked my dogs this morning and the darn thing
> chewed up 55% of my battery in 90 minutes just sitting there with the
> display lit up. That's going to put a severe cramp on my tuning business.
>
> Anyone else care to share their experience with the battery life of these
> units? I believe the Cybertuner software is often run on similar/same PDAs.
> My battery is 1.2 Ah capacity. Do I need to head out in the morning with a
> separate battery for each pitch raise and tuning? Is there a way to minimize
> the power drain? If I am tuning, I can't have the thing going to sleep every
> three minutes - I mean, I'm using it!
>
> I can't believe anyone is using these things if you can only get one or
> two tunings out of the darn thing before it goes dead.
>
> Terry Farrell
> Farrell Piano
>
> www.farrellpiano.com
> terry at farrellpiano.com
>
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