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Old 07-31-2008, 01:04 PM
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Re: Battery Life Management (Vogue, dHarvey)

Any application that is requesting GPS data will drain the battery quickly. Use 'dotFred Task Manager' and with 'Google Maps' running notice the CPU difference with 'Use GPS' on versus 'Use GPS' off. The short life with GPS active may be one reason the phone providers were reluctant to enable the GPS. I can watch my 1% meter drop every 5-10 minutes if I leave a GPS application running.