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corman · 12-14-05, 02:10 PM

Because of all of the other problems with WM5, I have reverted back to 2003SE. However, I did notice that when idle my X50V lost less power under WM5. I have a spare battery and put the AXIM in its cradle overnight and rarely ran out of power, so it wasn't such a big deal. I listen to a lot of AudioBooks and when working outside, I found that I could typically get about 7 hours while listening with the display off. I had hoped that WM5 would increase that. However, I found no substantial difference.

I don't think the "additional" power drain to keep memory active while the system is "on" doing something else makes much of a difference under WM 2003SE. However, with the sytem "off" and WM5's implementation of Persistent Memory, the system will clearly use less power. This should only be meaningful to you if you might use your AXIM enough between rechargings to get to the "critical battery" warning point and do not have spare battery to switch to.

Steve C

12-14-05, 02:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
corman Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 48 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Because of all of the other problems with WM5, I have reverted back to 2003SE. However, I did notice that when idle my X50V lost less power under WM5. I have a spare battery and put the AXIM in its cradle overnight and rarely ran out of power, so it wasn't such a big deal. I listen to a lot of AudioBooks and when working outside, I found that I could typically get about 7 hours while listening with the display off. I had hoped that WM5 would increase that. However, I found no substantial difference. I don't think the "additional" power drain to keep memory active while the system is "on" doing something else makes much of a difference under WM 2003SE. However, with the sytem "off" and WM5's implementation of Persistent Memory, the system will clearly use less power. This should only be meaningful to you if you might use your AXIM enough between rechargings to get to the "critical battery" warning point and do not have spare battery to switch to. Steve C