Thread: Maemo mapper: maps in internal memory
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bunanson is offline bunanson
2008-05-13 , 19:34
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#8
Originally Posted by Mara View Post
The power consumption of the N810 with both GPS on and tracking and display on does use quite a bit of power. Expect about 4 hours.

Having charger connected helps, but it may not give you infinite time: I used N810 GPS with MaemoMapper couple months back. When it chimed the low battery alarm I plugged it into my cigarette lighter charger. It said charging, but still after about two hours it finally said "recharge battery" and shut down. (The charger was a cheap model from eBay, thus may be lower current rating than others... YMMV.)
I drove from nc to ny round trip, with the N810 plugged in, on all the time, the tablet was never running low, it ran the whole 10 hrs trip (one way) with no problem, twice. The tablet was on gps with lock and tethered to a cellphone for inet access. I am driving a Pontiac Vibe which has a 110V ac outlet in the car. I think your problem is plugged in after the N810 power was depleted and that is always a problem which I will report later this week.


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Last edited by bunanson; 2008-05-13 at 19:39.