Pete Holsberg wrote: > Sam Kamens has written on 5/28/2008 1:36 PM: > >> I think you want it to shut off after several seconds! Otherwise the >> battery will quickly die. >> >> I know some cell phones have the time on display permanently, but the >> power usage characteristics of a cell phone are very different from a treo. >> >> I think pressing a button to see the time isn't all that hard... >> >> > > OP said "She doesn't wear a watch and wants to use her Treo device as > her "timekeeper". Right now she has to go into the clock area to see the > time -- she wants it to just be displayed at all times." > > Sounds like she is timing something and wants a constant display. Sometimes we all need to tell our users when something is a bad idea. Keeping the treo on displaying the time continually will cause the battery to die.
If that's what she wants, there are programs that will disable the auto-off. But it seems like a very bad idea to me... Sam [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
