laolita
06-11-2007, 02:21 PM
I guess as my machine gets older (and especially as I use it more for GPS), extending the battery life becomes more important.
I had a couple of ideas for things that might help do that - and I mention them here in the very vain hope that they might be feasible and someone here might have the capability to implement them.
1. Backlight adjustment. Mostly I use it on full power (especially as it is not as bright as it used to be) but at the same time I am often awake at night. I wondered if an app could exist which automatically controls the backlight brightness depending on time of day. i.e. having a night and day setting, perhaps with hours the daytime applies to.
2. I think one big drain is unattended alarms. I have auto-off at 2 mins because I don't like it shutting down when I am using it. And I have alarms to repeat 3 times in succession. Sometimes I leave the machine in another room or go to sleep and then multiple alarms may go off, each multiple times, and each turning the screen on for 2 mins.
What would be cool is some separate control for backlight when alarms go off.
e.g. diable backlight for alarms, or perhaps change the auto-off period for alarms to a shorter period.
What would be the coolest thing of all is some future replacement backlight that was plug compatible but brighter and with less power consumption... LED?
Laolita
I had a couple of ideas for things that might help do that - and I mention them here in the very vain hope that they might be feasible and someone here might have the capability to implement them.
1. Backlight adjustment. Mostly I use it on full power (especially as it is not as bright as it used to be) but at the same time I am often awake at night. I wondered if an app could exist which automatically controls the backlight brightness depending on time of day. i.e. having a night and day setting, perhaps with hours the daytime applies to.
2. I think one big drain is unattended alarms. I have auto-off at 2 mins because I don't like it shutting down when I am using it. And I have alarms to repeat 3 times in succession. Sometimes I leave the machine in another room or go to sleep and then multiple alarms may go off, each multiple times, and each turning the screen on for 2 mins.
What would be cool is some separate control for backlight when alarms go off.
e.g. diable backlight for alarms, or perhaps change the auto-off period for alarms to a shorter period.
What would be the coolest thing of all is some future replacement backlight that was plug compatible but brighter and with less power consumption... LED?
Laolita