accuracy of built-in battery meter on IPaqs? (2215)

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"KR" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have any information about how accurate the built-in battery
> meter is on the IPaq series, especially the 2215? I'm interested in any
> information on the reliability of the meter for either/both the regular
> (removable) battery or the internal emergency battery.
>
> If the battery meters aren't accurate, are there any utilities out there
> that are more accurate? (vs a hardware issue, in which case any software
> utility would be dealing with GIGO). Preferably something cheap or free,
> as
> I only need to diagnose whether my unit is providing accurate information
> maybe once or twice (at which point I may have to buy a new battery).
>
> Thanks!
> Keith
>


I don't think the 2215 runs 2003, so this may not work. If you go to
settings\power\standby you can (on 2003 at least) see approx. hours left as
a number down to 1/10 hour. The cool thing about this is that you can
toggle wifi, backlight, bluetooth, etc. and see the numbers change
immediately. This may give you more feedback as you test your battery than
the standard gauge.

Then again, you may have already checked this and determined that you do not
trust the operating system (and utilities shipped with it) reporting the
values, in which case disregard this particular response.

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It's extremely accurate, as all are if working as designed.

KR [Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:37:12 -0500]:
>Does anyone have any information about how accurate the built-in battery

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Darius Wey wrote:
>
> The h2215 runs WM2003 (not Second Edition).
>

Er...ignore that message. I didn't see Darren's reply. ;-)

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Reply to message from Darius Wey <darius.nospam@pocketpcthoughts.com> (Wed,
12 Jan 2005 00:29:16) about ""Re: accuracy of built-in battery meter on
IPaqs? (2215)"":

DW> Darius Wey wrote:

>> The h2215 runs WM2003 (not Second Edition).


DW> Er...ignore that message. I didn't see Darren's reply. ;-)

Coolness. And thanks for the info - so many models, so little time.