leave non web apps running all the time?
 

I have been curious if I was to leave say the voice recorder and PDF reader open (minimized) all the time if it would noticeably reduce battery life?

I am asking for two reasons:

1 the voice recorder to be able to quickly record a note for an audio notepad of sorts. If I have to wait for it to load, I may forget the content I need to record for later.

2 the PDF reader left open solves the problem of finding where I left off in a PDF ebook.

Thoughts on this?

Re: leave non web apps running all the time?
 

I don't think it will effect battery life to the point where it's noticeable (or at all).

Though, the only way to know is to try! ;)

Re: leave non web apps running all the time?
 

This will be tomorrow's test...

Obviously, it will slow down what else I can do as far as multitasking.

Re: leave non web apps running all the time?
 

Evince, which you'll find in your application manager, is a pdf reader which remembers its last position.

Re: leave non web apps running all the time?
 

The PDF viewer has state saving - it can "sleep". Look for the "zzzs..." on the task switcher once it's minimized.

Re: leave non web apps running all the time?
 

debernardis:

evince won't load, see below

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=30091

Re: leave non web apps running all the time?
 

I had the Nokia PDF reader running open with a book a few days now on my N810 and didn't notice any impact on battery life.