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Old 02-26-2008, 07:10 PM
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Re: GPS Battery Benchmark
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Originally Posted by gbm85 View Post
Two minutes at idle:
52 mA minimum, 136 mA max, 80 mA average. 2 mAh used in 2 minutes.

Two minutes with TGPS in background:
198 mA minimum, 252 mA max, 205 mA average. 7 mAh used in 2 minutes.

So that should give you some idea of the impact on the battery with GPS active.
Whoa, that's pretty dreadful... 120mA for the GPS. Hm. A bluetooth gps receiver is looking better (bluetooth draws 10-20mA when on)

You sure that's not doing some EVDO data? I guess its powered down when the unit is suspended? If so, that might not be too bad, but still... wow. 10 hours of that and you're on vapors.
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