Hi. Definitely, something is draining the battery faster in the MPower the
lower it gets. Also, it seems odd, unless it is because of the way a
lithium battery works, that the MPower doesn't show anything below nine
percent. Once you hit that nine percent, it is all guesswork. Also, as Jim
says, if you charge from a dead stop, it seems to take much longer.
Don't get me wrong. I still think the MPower is worth the money. I just
think perspective buyers should be made aware of the unit's quirks and also
that they are not that much of a problem when considering the power of the
entire unit.
How many times did I get my bn classic down to zero percent and still use
it for an hour or have it talk itself to death where it took over 40
minutes or more?
I imagine the processor and memory drain things faster even if the unit is
turned off. It would be nice if there was some things we could choose to
turn off that might prolong battery life when the unit was off, but if that
isn't the case, keep your charger near and humanware, make a car charger or
recommend one that will work.
At 9/12/2005, you wrote:
Hi, Paul, and etc.: same problems here. The battery is definitely the
MPower's weak spot. I have sent my battery log to Humanware 3 times now,
called twice and been put on hold for many many minutes, still no
suggestions have come my way.
Richard Hutcheson
387 Savage Farm Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower
Hi, Sarah. I don't leave any cards in my bn for this reason. Even when I
was using the bn classic, I never left a flash card in the unit. Those do
make it drain faster.
The bn classic doesn't drain quite as fast as the MPower. In 12 hours, I
dropped six percent, from 18 to 12 percent. This was as of 11 pm last
night. Now, at almost 5:30 pm today, I am at nine percent and I have not
used the unit since last night other than to turn it on and check the
battery status.
So, I have almost dropped ten percent without doing anything.
The engineers at humanware say that my battery does not need replacing.
At 9/12/2005, you wrote:
Hi Paul,
Are you leaving a wireless card in your mPower overnight? I notice a
larger battery drain when I leave cards in the unit, even though I'm
running 6.11.
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Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower
Hi, Pam. What I have noticed with mine is that it loses more of a
chargewhen it is off than does the bn classic when it is off. I don't know
why, but I can lose six percent or more even if my MPower is turned off and
I am not using it. I can read for half an hour and have it drop two points,
but when it is off, something more than the alarm must be at work here.
Perhaps the internal memory takes more than that in the classic bn.
At 9/10/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Mine seems to be doing okay. I was a little concerned the first time it
>ran down because I didn't get a warning, but since then I have. Not >sure
>how many hours I get with it. I don't think the bn has a timer like the
>bns that tells you how many hours your battery has been used.
>
>Pam
>
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