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	silvermountain	2009-06-17 , 15:28
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Originally Posted by attila77

GPS can drain batteries quite quickly in my experience. Also, applets that are constantly active (for example if the reader constantly scrolls of fetches content). Note about rss - appLICATION or appLET ? Skype is also a hog, but to a lesser extent.

I use the Applet that continously scrolls.
If that is an issue..how does people use that, or similar applets then? Do you go to the menu and de-activate the applet on your home page every time you go to bed?

Originally Posted by attila77

I just enable offline (a.k.a. flight) mode. That usually is enough for the usual suspects to refrain from causing trouble and in my case I loose less than 10% of battery through the night.

Thanks, I'm going to try the 'flight mode' tonight and see how much it drains over night.

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