Plane drawing curves on the sky
Again I was mapping using the N900. I permanently had Mapper, osm2go, FM Radio (respectively an audio player) plus a text editor running. Additionally I took a couple of photos.
Some fungi catched with the N900's camera
Again I’m quite impressed by the quality of the device’s camera. The only thing I miss is a manual focus. Which IMO is a problem of luxury.
The fully charged battery powered the device for 3 hours. The N810 was capable to last up to four hours, but a comparison is invalid. The N810 did not provide cellular connectivity, I never used it to play audio and I seldom used it as a camera. Plus the battery capacity of the N900 (BL-5J, 1320mAh@3.7V) is almost one sixth less than the one of the N810 (BP-4L, 1500mAh@3.7V).
Additionally I was again trapped by “the big bug“, which I assume has an impact on the battery. I really hope this bug can be solved rather sooner than later.
All in all I think the power management of the N900 is excellent. If you think 3 hours is very poor, just use the N900 like an iPhone: Avoid multitasking whenever possible :) .
For the N810 I bought (and used) a second battery for mapping trips. I just ordered one for the N900 as well. If necessary I’ll order a third one, which will be surely enough even for all-day mapping trips.
If you are on the move and gone hiking it might be worth switching your N900 to GSM mode, e.g. by using the 2G/3G switcher applet http://bit.ly/bvCsYc
This way I could reduce the battery consumption significantly. And when you are about to make a call and want to have better quality just switch back to UMTS.
Cool, thanks. As a cell phone n00b, I still need to learn a lot. Now there are three options:
* The built-in offline mode
* Tablet and phone mode switch
* 2G/3G switch
Still I can cope with it, but hopefully there won’t be further applets :) .