Terry, In addition to the other suggestions you've gotten, you might also check with Ron Koval. I noticed in his last youtube video that he was using a pda of some kind. Maybe he can give some suggestions. Avery 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080429/9850e789/attachment.html
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