one thing you can do is disable auto brightness, turn it down to 0% and enable screen curtain, this gives the best result.
On my MacBook Air running like this, the battery life is rated at 7 hours, however, I get 13+ out of it by doing this. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 4 Nov 2012, at 12:25, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't think the bigger battery would translate into longer batterylife for > sighted or blind user. I believe the usage is rated about 9 or 10 hours. I > don't that has changed from the 1st gen iPad. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Nov 4, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Garry Turkington <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> One of the big changes in the iPad 3rd gen -- continued with the 4th >> gen -- was the much larger battery required to support the retina >> display. I was wondering if this translates into much more battery >> life for VO users with the screen curtain on? I've never been clear >> on just what screen curtain does -- if it just turns off the display >> or something more meaningful -- but either way would be curious if >> this has translated into more battery life for the VO user over say >> the iPad 2? >> >> Garry >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
