snoogly;268544 Wrote: > I am planning to use my new Touch only for controlling my Squeezebox + a > little casual web browsing & email checking from the sofa. > > With the volume down to zero on the Touch, what kind of battery life > can I expect with the Touch? Basically, it would be on, and using > Safari. > > How are other people using the ipeng + ipod combination? Do you have > the ipod sitting in a dock all the time, constantly charging?
Actually I do a mix of two: I have it sitting in a dock quite a lot, displaying the NowPlaying screen, that way I can get my ratings done (I only recently started that) ;-) NowPlaying on iPeng keeps the iPod running (you would have to manually turn it off, which is just one click on the top button). If I'm not siting next to the dock I actually turn it off immediately after using it. The only thing you have to take care off is that you should wait with any browsing/server controlling until the WLAN icon at the top left shows up because this actually speeds things up (this typically takes around 1/2 - 1s, yet Safari otherwise brings up a Nag Screen just to immediately take it away again). Battery life IS an issue while browsing (this is not an iPeng issue but applies generally). If the iPod's just lying around turned on it doesn't consume THAT much power (can have it that way for a day or so) but browsing will suck on your battery, don't expect more than two hours of continuous browsing, especially if you got extensive JavaScript processing (try SC's new default skin for a nice example ;-). Obviously the processor and the WLAN consume quite a bit of power, the display less so. So go get yourself a nice dock ;-) I recommend to use the Apple one (even though I have not used it), since the 3rd party thingy I use only charges the iPod when connected to a PC, not to a charger (not even the Apple one) - the iTouch is generally quite picky on power sources. Pooh, was that elaborate enough? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43401 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
