There's nothing worse than urgently needing your phone and having the "low battery" warning pop up. It always seems to happen when you're counting on your phone most -- at the airport, running late to a meeting, breaking up with your ex. Hello, panic mode. Fortunately, you can prevent your next low-battery meltdown by learning a couple of tricks to extend your Palm smartphone battery life.
For starters, do you know what your Auto Sync is set to? If you're receiving emails as they come in, you've set Auto Sync to use its wireless modem and connect to the Internet automatically. This takes battery power, and a lot of it. To conserve battery, you can uncheck the box for Mail so you'll need to tap the Sync or Get/Send button when you want to check your email. Or, if you want to keep synchronizing automatically, increase the length of time between synchronizations. For example, sync once every 30 or 60 minutes instead of every 5 minutes. For more information on Auto Sync, check out Palm's Knowledge Library.
Other useful power-saving tricks:
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Reduce the screen brightness and set the auto-off to the lowest time increment.
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Keep Bluetooth turned off if you don't use it often.
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Reduce the volume of your ringer.
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Avoid too many IR (infrared) communications.
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When possible, use mobile-friendly versions of Web page.
If you keep to these simple tips and tricks, your phone will stay charged -- and you'll stayed connected and out of panic mode.
Sara C.
Edelman for Palm
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