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Subject: Re: Palm Chessmaster Screen Shots

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 19:41:29 11/10/02

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On November 10, 2002 at 19:19:04, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On November 10, 2002 at 14:25:17, bryan whitby wrote:
>
>>Chris
>>Have you got a Pocket PC ?
>>Your comments about battery life is utter crap.
>>I doubt it takes you over twelve hours to play a couple of games because that is
>>how long on average my Pocket PC runs for before it needs a quick mains top up.
>>Bryan
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>
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>In standby mode maybe (the device spending most of its time waiting for user
>input). Try to let a chess program think constantly on your PocketPC and see how
>long your batteries last.
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>
>    Christophe


For both Palms and Pocket PC - with PONDERING ON and battery -- you might get 2
hours- with pondering off , the Pocket PC will let you play just as many games ,
if not more than the Palm.

PONDERING is the killer in both machines - for obvious reasons.



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