That was a big concern for me as well. I do much the same daily tasks as you do and can go all day just fine. The backlight is so bright that I can keep it turned down to the lowest setting and it's brighter than my Jornada was at the highest setting.
Wireless and video do suck the battery pretty quickly though. I was watching video last night for about an hour and went from 76% to 40% battery. With wireless I can turn it on and surf for 10-15 minutes at a cafe or something without much problem, but I don't think I'd want to try and have it on for long stretches. One of the killer features is the button lock. It's a switch on the side that can lock the buttons and screen from turning the unit on accidentally. A coworker has a different PocketPC and hers keeps running the battery down when it inadvertantly turns on in her purse. Keep in mind too that battery life, while important, is less drop dead critical than it was on the older ipaqs simply because there is a backup battery that prevents data loss if the main battery runs down. The Jornada introduced this and I can't believe how long it took merging with HP for Compaq to implement it too. Now I don't think the x50v is perfect. The HP, while ugly IMO, is smaller AND does have a longer battery life. I've compared the screen of the Dell and HP and I like the Dell better, but that's just my opinion. It lacks the integrated flip cover of the Jornada. I purchased a Sena case which is very slim for a case, but it still adds more bulk than I'm used to. There are little quirks like sometimes using a CF card and wireless can confuse the device slightly. It's rare and a soft-reset clears it up, but it's annoying that it happens at all. But every device has quirks. -Kevin On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:37:16 -0500, Sandy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've lusted after that one as well, but the HP seems to have much better > battery life which is important to me. Any comments on that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146061 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
