Thread: Does switching off and on consume more power than standby?
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2008-02-09 , 12:41
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Originally Posted by rdcinhou View Post
Okay, it's been a couple of days now that I've followed the advice on this thread (i.e. not powering down my N800). Instead I set mode to Offline and then Lock screen & touchpad.

Before (with frequent power-down & reboots) I was charging the unit twice a day.

Now, leaving the N800 in a stand-by state, the battery is lasting for days!

In the HOW-TO guide, this power philosophy should be the very first item for new users.
I think the problem here may be cultural. In Europe and Asia virtually everyone has a mobile phone (and I do mean everyone, even grandparents and children) so they're used to having a portable device that they never ever switch off.

Nokia is a European company so it possibly assumed that most people would know they shouldn't switch off the tablets.

Unfortunately the tablets seem to be most popular in North America, which doesn't have the same kind of "cellular culture". The mobile phone ownership percentage in the USA is very very low compared to other rich nations.

I'm constantly amazed by how many Americans say they don't own a mobile phone yet they own a $500 PDA, which to me (a European) is like saying you own a limousine but not a car. A mobile phone is the workhorse of Europeans and Asians, but many Americans still seem to regard it as a luxury.
Last edited by krisse; 2008-02-09 at 12:43.