Comments on: Initial battery test of pre-production Nokia N900

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:51:47 +0000

Hi everyone, I got Nokia n900 couple days ago from Nokia store in NYC. So the battery life is so poor, it works only 6 hours, if u use edge, weather widget updating every hour, using skype, and being in internet like 2 and a half hours, calling sometime, texting. Version:1.200.42-11.002 if it worked full 14 hours was great! If anyone has gotten this phone, please let me know how it works!

By: Wickeddeus

Wickeddeus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:50:52 +0000

When the N900 was first announce with a 1320mAh BL-5J user replaceable battery, some people saw the negative side because of the 1320mAh capacity. I saw the positive facts like the ability to buy clone batteries for less then 4 USD$. Also there are same size clone of the BL-5J that supposedly have up to 1700mAh capacity (hopefully someone will buy it off ebay and test it out). Reading these updates of non-final firmware N900 being able to last up to a full work day of medium to heavy usage and up to 4 days with minimal usage is a big plus.

By: Test de la batería | Nokia N900

Test de la batería | Nokia N900 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:47:42 +0000

[...] Nokia Experts han publicado un test de la batería del N900 basado en el uso habitual que dan al [...]

By: Henri Bergius

Henri Bergius — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:03:23 +0000

I'm running my N900 with WiFi and Bluetooth enabled, Skype and Google Talk turned on, and with quite active use (browsing, chat) it lasts my typical longish working day, but has to be charged every night.

I suspect Mauku and the other homescreen widgets are the culprits here.

By: Berto

Berto — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:04:07 +0000

I managed to make my N900 last for ~4 days (without using internet much):

http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/2009-October/014540.html

By: N900预生产型电力巡航能力初步测试 | iFanr 爱范儿 ♂专注于拇指设备的小众讨论

N900预生产型电力巡航能力初步测试 | iFanr 爱范儿 ♂专注于拇指设备的小众讨论 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:21:17 +0000

[...] Via Nokia Experts [...]

By: kevin

kevin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:54:03 +0000

3g is the culprit (along with the 5min tweet checking). With my n97, I use 3g only when needed (youtube, etc.), otherwise I keep it on edge. I wonder what the result would be doing the same test with it only using edge.

By: Matt Lenski

Matt Lenski — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:01:48 +0000

Lol the N900 is a big deal for nokia, first Maemo phone, lots of us are interested hehe

By: Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:14:53 +0000

Thank Kellie, my firmware is 1.209.41-10 so I will contact Nokia to see if I can get it updated too. Those battery tests sound awesome!

Aditya, sorry, but the N900 is the hottest Nokia at the moment while we wait for the N97 firmware 2.0 update, E72, and others. I will try to add in some more general Nokia coverage and do have a couple reviews of software I am working on, but I am only a 1 man shop and do have other jobs and do need to sleep at times

By: aditya

aditya — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:59:32 +0000

too much coverage focused on the N 900 lately..may be the name of the blog should change to N 900 experts..

would be nice to see articles on other nokia models as well!