Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Arlington TX
Posts: 67

How much power do I have left?

Just wondering what program(s) everyone uses to keep track of how much battery power they have left. I have noticed that the program that came with the Prism is not very accurate.

Registered: Dec 2000
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Posts: 65

Runtime

Greetings,
You're right that there seems to be a great deal a variability to the voltage/% charged readings. This variability seems to be part of the Prism itself and not related to what program you use to show it. .
What I'm most interested in is the amout of TIME I have before I need to recharge. There are several things that affect this, including Brightness level (I keep mine about 50%, between the B and r in Brightness), Springboard module(s) used and what programs you are running. For example, arcade games tend to chew up batteries much faster than productivity tools (there is just a lot more going on all the time). I've used Runtime to measure how much time until I get the low battery warning. The best I've done (mostly WordSmith and the Stowaway) was about 6 and 1/2 hours. The worste (mostly Bejeweled was about 4. I'd recommend you go to palmgear and get runtime and test the time under your conditions.
good luck
P.S. I also use Launcher III, which I have set up to alternate between a battery % and a batter voltage. It is much easier than holding the up scroll key and tapping the battery