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Subject: Re: Palm PDA question on expected battery life per charge

Author: paul bedrey

Date: 12:56:37 01/25/04

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On January 24, 2004 at 17:41:26, Brian Thomas wrote:

Thanks Brian. Scanning the net leads me estimate about a 5-6 hour life for the
color PDA depending on the backlighting,contrast and as you say the pondering.
This is not enough so I think I'll sacrifice the color and go with the mono. I
should get about double the time. Looks like the zire 21 is my best bet, besides
its only $99.

>Hi Paul,
>
>Depending on what you need, don't discount Pocket PC's; probably not much of a
>difference in playing strength but there seems to be more chess options for
>pocket pcs.
>
>Battery life seems to depend on whether or not the engine is pondering, and how
>high you set the backlight level.  If I'm somewhat conservative with my PPC, I
>will usually get about 4 - 5 hours or so.
>
>My understanding is that Palms generally do a bit better on battery life, but I
>may be wrong...
>
>Brian
>
>
>
>On January 24, 2004 at 16:12:38, paul bedrey wrote:
>
>>I'm leaning towards the Palm Tungsten E color unit for chess. I was wondering if
>>anyone has any experience with this unit or similiar units. I'm wondering how
>>long I can go between charges. Any ideas? Thanks



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