JazzyJeff
07-17-2007, 12:31 PM
Hello all,
Am about on give up on my UX-50 after all these years and only for one reason, the battery! I have tried various replacements including the power runner battery. While normal use is ok, as soon as I connect to the internet I get no more than 20-25 minutes, if that much with a battery (that was just charged off the cradle). This is with lowering the processor speed down to 32 mhz, lowering the brightness to a minimum, all to no avail. I have the same report with the Sony batttery.
It's kind of funny to note that CNET's original review of the unit gives it a rating of a an hour to an hour 1/2 on the internet??
My buddy has an IPAQ 4240 and gets on the internet for hours and have not yet seen him run out of power?? While he is surfing at an airport, I can only watch him cause my UX-50 died a long time before that. The IPAQ has a 1200 mah hour battery but even with the higher capacity, the difference is incredible. Maybe the technology is different now than in 2003 when the UX-50 came out?
Does anyone have any other reports? I am real curious?
So for now, I am on the brink of buying the 4240 for about 260 bucks brand new. I paid almost 600 bucks for the UX-50.
I really liked the UX-50 but unfortunately the battery is getting me down. Thanks for reading this!
Am about on give up on my UX-50 after all these years and only for one reason, the battery! I have tried various replacements including the power runner battery. While normal use is ok, as soon as I connect to the internet I get no more than 20-25 minutes, if that much with a battery (that was just charged off the cradle). This is with lowering the processor speed down to 32 mhz, lowering the brightness to a minimum, all to no avail. I have the same report with the Sony batttery.
It's kind of funny to note that CNET's original review of the unit gives it a rating of a an hour to an hour 1/2 on the internet??
My buddy has an IPAQ 4240 and gets on the internet for hours and have not yet seen him run out of power?? While he is surfing at an airport, I can only watch him cause my UX-50 died a long time before that. The IPAQ has a 1200 mah hour battery but even with the higher capacity, the difference is incredible. Maybe the technology is different now than in 2003 when the UX-50 came out?
Does anyone have any other reports? I am real curious?
So for now, I am on the brink of buying the 4240 for about 260 bucks brand new. I paid almost 600 bucks for the UX-50.
I really liked the UX-50 but unfortunately the battery is getting me down. Thanks for reading this!