<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Terry,<br><br>there is a bigger battery available for HP IPAQs which has 2880 mAh. I use Verituner on my Ipaq and this battery lasts for about 8 hours. But I use only VT on this and no other applications. And I dim the light down and wireless connections are deactivated.<br><br>Gregor<br><br><blockquote><hr>From: mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com<br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>Subject: PDA-Based ETDs<br>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:39:44 -0400<br><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <style> </style> <div><font face="Arial">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.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">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!</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">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.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell<br>Farrell Piano</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.farrellpiano.com" target="_blank">www.farrellpiano.com</a><br><a href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</a></font></div> </blockquote><br /><hr />Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. <a href='http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx ' target='_new'>Check it out!</a></body> </html>