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# Thursday, November 29, 2007

My Blackjack Reads this Blog?

image Somehow my Blackjack II got wind of all the nasty things I've been saying about it and it decided to behave today. Same thing happened to 2 other folks at Microsoft.

As of right now, my Blackjack II has been unplugged from the charger since 8am. It's been 12 hours and it's got 70% of its battery left. I have been syncing mail every 15 minutes for 4 hours and using Direct Push for 4 hours.

I didn't do anything to the device that would cause this type of change.

The only thing that I can think of is:

  1. the battery was not calibrated yesterday, and after draining completely and re-charging it is now calibrated.
  2. the network was hosed yesterday forcing my phone to do a lot of 3G <-> EDGE switching which has always been a weak point of Windows Mobile Battery Life.

Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Go Figure. Now I'm perplexed as to what to do... I was all ready to return it today and get the Moto Q9h.

 

Friday, November 30, 2007 9:36:53 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I say see how it works for the next couple of days. If you don't have the time to take the risk, just go ahead and switch. Better safe than sorry.
Saturday, December 01, 2007 3:31:16 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Now you have me on the edge of my seat :)

I guess while I'm gone on vacation for a month, it'll be enough time for you and your schizo phone to work out your relationship issues so when I come back, I can make a decision :)
Sunday, March 02, 2008 3:25:01 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Mine is lasting < 4 hours on a full charge doing basically nothing that would require battery usage. Something is seriously wrong. I am going to wait it out a few more days then complain to ATT about it.

How long did it take your battery to "calibrate" or get used to your phone? I've charged and recharged it twice already.
tom
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