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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
As an aside, I've now installed CyanogenMod 7 on two Motorola Droids (RC2 on mine and my brother's) and on the Nook Color (R17 nightly) and.. cripes! The battery life! Oh my God.

On the Droid... For one--battery life is far.. FAR.. FAAAAR better now. Where I used to be able to maaaaybe stretch my Motorola Droid out to a bout two days of normal use before it would finally completely run out and turn off, I recently decided not to try charging and see how long it lasts. I'm already on day two and it's still well over 70%. What... the.. hell?? I'm really, really loving this on a phone!

On the Nook Color, Cyanogen Mod 7 R17 completely changed the otherwise dinky, crippled feeling Nook Android experience to a real and proper TABLET experience! It runs GREAT on there, generally pretty fluid and about the only problem I'm noticing so far: 1) bluetooth isn't working--period. I think I remember reading that it's a known problem. 2) video playing is broken. This, to me, is devastating--especially since my mother uses this Nook for her podcasts (audio and video). I got around this by installing Rockplayer but.. you know.. Rockplayer. Blech (audio syncing issues, overlayed logo, etc.). Anyway, it appears they're aware of the issue and supposedly fixing that soon too. Outside of those two issues--it's an incredibly excellent experience. Even the emmc is available as storage space! The significant thing about the Bluetooth issue, to me, is that if they fix it and it works--BAM! Suddenly you have a 7-inch tablet that supports BLUETOOTH MOUSE AND KEYBOARD! ...and CHEAP, too!

Given all of this.. I'm that much more excited to see what they can do with the Galaxy Tab, assuming they manage to make an easy and reliable install method.
Woah! That's really great news. There's something to be said about a battery that you don't even have to *think* about. It's like a weight gets lifted off of your shoulders while you're using the device, and the battery becomes an afterthought.

Having dealt with notebooks/netbooks, I can comfortably say that the notebooks with sub-par battery performance always have you looking at the clock with a type of 'time anxiety' added to the mobile experience, and the need to carry around a charger wherever you go, selectively choose places with outlets for extended periods, and hunt for outlets in new locations. It really, really cripples the user experience!

It's nice to know that Gingerbread has stepped up the battery performance in a very big way.

I wish Google would apply polish like this to other areas of the OS that are functional, but could be stellar with the correct attention.
 

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