PDA Discoveries
Oct. 13th, 2009 06:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisMy Blackberry has a lovely feature: the ability to disable data services when roaming. I shudder to think how much of a bill I could have run up checking email internationally! Being able to at least have the telephone functions available for emergencies has been a comfort.
The lack of email checking also had a clear impact on the battery life. Normally, I need to recharge my Storm every 48 hours. I've only had to do that once since arriving last Thursday. It will take some experimentation to determine if the energy expense is in the telecommunications or in the screen illumination when I look to see what news has just arrived.
Thank god Halifax Airport has free public wifi: I've been able to catch up on email at both home & work, cleaning up hundreds of messages. Otherwise, my poor PDA would explode with overactivity the moment it came within ping distance of a Verizon Wireless tower!
The lack of email checking also had a clear impact on the battery life. Normally, I need to recharge my Storm every 48 hours. I've only had to do that once since arriving last Thursday. It will take some experimentation to determine if the energy expense is in the telecommunications or in the screen illumination when I look to see what news has just arrived.
Thank god Halifax Airport has free public wifi: I've been able to catch up on email at both home & work, cleaning up hundreds of messages. Otherwise, my poor PDA would explode with overactivity the moment it came within ping distance of a Verizon Wireless tower!
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Date: 2009-10-13 02:07 pm (UTC)All that said, you are right, the phone's standby times are quite good.
I love my storm, even if it's not perfect.