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ramzez
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 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:16 am Post subject: battery life |
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what is the max time did you manage to use your smartphone as GPS?
i know there gps receives which work 20 hours (bt77)
but how long say your nokia 6630 (or other) will be able to last?
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carmex
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:11 am Post subject: |
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Depends on how many calls you receive, plus whether you are connected to TomTom Plus but I've had my Nokia 7610 (which I think uses the battery as the 6630) running for 4 hours continuously (one 2 min call and no TomTom Plus). Also look at the brightness settings on your phone to increase the life of your battery :D
Not brilliant but good enough for most journeys within the uk! Spare batteries and car chargers for Nokia products are widely available at pretty cheap prices.
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-Bazza-
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:17 am Post subject: |
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I have my phone and gps unit plugged in all the time. You can never trust any batteries to last.
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gray52
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| there are a few probs with that bt77 not working with 6630 and ttm5. theres a guy on ebay selling a set up guide for this with files that need replacing etc. i went for the fortuna slimline, just turned it on and worked 10/10, and it looks alot better to :D |
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MarkHewitt
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I haven't ran my phone until empty but it does eat through the battery at a ferocious rate. I used it for about an hour (in total) on a trip to York and it wiped half of my fully charged battery.
So theoretically I guess you could run it for 2 hours, but I don't want to do that, as I need my phone to have charge in case anybody needs to contact me. |
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-Bazza-
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:49 am Post subject: |
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I used mine to travel from North Yorkshire to Cornwall, which took 8 hours. There is no way the batteries would have lasted if they hadn't been plugged into the chargers.
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