- On my way home from work I decided to check it out at Staples. I was fondling both the PB(&J j/k) and the Xoom. I like to believe that all I really have to decide on is battery life. I am in the market for a tablet and I too am interested in some "real world" stats on the PB's battery life.
I would also like to know what are you doing to preserve batt. life (i.e. dimm settings, flash on/off, avoiding bluetooth, ect.)
Looking forward to hearing some of you guys soon
Cheers04-20-11 08:07 PMLike 0 - I unplugged it this morning at 6:00am and now at 9:10pm, I've got 35% left. I don't think I plugged this into PC USB all day but can't recall (have set up three others today). I'll have to make sure it's charged and not plug it in tomorrow and see how it goes. While it had moderate use, it was not on all day but in "real world" usage, I don't expect it to be on all day. People were checking it out so it did get some decent use when I wasn't using it personally.
Edit: To answer the question more fully, it has been Bluetooth bridge tethering all day, haven't touched any settings to preserve battery life.
Edit2: My Torch is at 20% after bluetooth tethering all day. I was more worried about my Torch battery life than the PlayBookLast edited by snuci; 04-20-11 at 08:18 PM.
04-20-11 08:13 PMLike 0 - my is currently at 50%. Started at 97% this morning and been using it all day played a few games, was on crackberry all day, answered all my emails through it, and watched a few videos. I bet i will easily get a day use out of it and I'm probably using more now then i will typically be.04-20-11 08:14 PMLike 0
- 14.5 hours, 15% remaining. Bluetooth bridge the whole time, wifi for about 12 of those hours, nothing done to really preserve battery life. Several demos for colleagues so showing off need for speed, HD video etc, maybe 15 mins total hooked up to USB uploading media.04-20-11 08:27 PMLike 0
- i used it virtually constantly today as my flight was delayed 6 hours. i plugged it in after 9 hours of virtuously continuous use, bridge and wifi on for at least 6 hours. 720p video for 1.5hours. regular video for 2 hrs. gaming for about an hr. at least 2 hours browsing. Pretty satisfied with it04-20-11 08:33 PMLike 0
- Regarding Playbook charging the manual states "Your tablet does not charge when turned off". So when your battery runs out (as mine is currently) you can't recharge your playbook. I called customer service and tier one and two support were in a quandry and I was left with "we'll get back to you". Nice04-20-11 08:45 PMLike 0
- Regarding Playbook charging the manual states "Your tablet does not charge when turned off". So when your battery runs out (as mine is currently) you can't recharge your playbook. I called customer service and tier one and two support were in a quandry and I was left with "we'll get back to you". Nice04-20-11 08:47 PMLike 0
- Regarding Playbook charging the manual states "Your tablet does not charge when turned off". So when your battery runs out (as mine is currently) you can't recharge your playbook. I called customer service and tier one and two support were in a quandry and I was left with "we'll get back to you". Nice
back to battery useage, i just used it for about 2 hrs straight, and averaged a little more than 10%/hr, which isn't all too bad, compared to my ipad 2 at least..04-20-11 10:01 PMLike 0 - Started at 8:30 this morning at 100%. Used it off and on all day, played some music, surfed the web, browsed CB forums, couple of games, etc. It's almost midnight and I'm at 35%. Very happy with that. Oh yeah... used bridge apps also.
Last edited by InnerChild; 04-20-11 at 10:16 PM.
04-20-11 10:14 PMLike 0 - unplugged mine at about 6 this mornin, had 100%. it was off most of the day. turned it on around 3pm and bridged and wifi'd it up, and been surfing, answering emails, taught a class with it, and just "messin with it". its past 10pm and at 40%. im pleased with the battery performance so far.
Last edited by Big Holy; 04-20-11 at 10:23 PM.
04-20-11 10:21 PMLike 0 - Regarding Playbook charging the manual states "Your tablet does not charge when turned off". So when your battery runs out (as mine is currently) you can't recharge your playbook. I called customer service and tier one and two support were in a quandry and I was left with "we'll get back to you". Nice04-20-11 10:25 PMLike 0
- That is how most of the modern devices behave, even iOS devices does the same and doesn't charge when the device is turned off because battery charging management is built into the OS, only thing is that when plugged in on powered down mode then it should trigger the power on and then recharge, hope OS update answers this.04-20-11 10:25 PMLike 0
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- That is how most of the modern devices behave, even iOS devices does the same and doesn't charge when the device is turned off because battery charging management is built into the OS, only thing is that when plugged in on powered down mode then it should trigger the power on and then recharge, hope OS update answers this.
As for battery life, I haven't really been paying attention to it, but it seems to be lasting long. I only charged it once since getting twice since getting it yesterday - once as soon as I got it and once overnight last night. And I won't be charging it tonight.04-20-11 10:57 PMLike 0 - I can't get a real judgement of battery life. It's day two.... plugged in for many hours and won't charge over 95%....yesterday it reached 97%. I have yet to see it hit 100%.... until I see a full charge how can I judge? This is more of annoyance than a problem right now.
I took it off the charger last night at 97%... used it non stop for 3 hours. Sat it down next to me unplugged overnight. Six hours later I woke up to it at 30%. That's not to bad in my book.04-20-11 11:17 PMLike 0 - Well mine was fully charged and I can tell you after an hour, maybe more of flash video and two hours of constant web browsing with a little need for speed its at 70%
My ipod touch would be at 50% by now.04-20-11 11:47 PMLike 0 - Regarding Playbook charging the manual states "Your tablet does not charge when turned off". So when your battery runs out (as mine is currently) you can't recharge your playbook. I called customer service and tier one and two support were in a quandry and I was left with "we'll get back to you". Nice
Not sure if this counts as "turned off", but it definitely recharged in this situation. Hope it helps!04-21-11 01:20 AMLike 0 - Regarding Playbook charging the manual states "Your tablet does not charge when turned off". So when your battery runs out (as mine is currently) you can't recharge your playbook. I called customer service and tier one and two support were in a quandry and I was left with "we'll get back to you". Nice
The battery life yesterday was about 9 hours. That was very heavy use. I had to plug my torch in because the battery was almost dead and the playbook was at around 15% last night when I plugged it in. I ran wifi, bridge all day, and need for speed and high def video, while surfing when ever i had a chance.
Love this thing....04-21-11 05:27 AMLike 0 - Meh I went to work and my wife played with it. She took it off charge @ 10am and "got addicted" to a couple of games. I got home and continued to play with it till 11:30pm. I was surfing on wifi, had the bridge to my torch, and installed a bunch of games. When I quit ( 11:30 it had 31% left.
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