XDA II Battery!

[Phone-mob]

Is it just me or XDA II's battery is weak???
The icon on my GPRS monitor show that I only have 4 hours (after full charge) before my battery runs out!! :evil:
Please advise me!!

[Tekflow]

Don't worry, 4 hours is based on phone talk time

[leprince]

Don't worry, 4 hours is based on phone talk time
My battery too is eaten up quickly when I activate the phone-abilty. Are there better batteries for sale anywhere?

[ashby]

I am for O2 to release a 'extended' battery.

At the moment I carry round two standard batteries swapping one by mid afternoon, which is a pain.

I would love one high-powered unit

Ashby

[bodstrup]

I have found in a very non-sciencetific test, that the battery can actually last quite long:

7 hours 30 minutes (night) of Bluetooth OFF and no GPRS connection drained the battery from 100% to 96 %

7 hours 30 minutes of Bluetooth OFF and GPRS enabled, logged on to MS Messenger drained the battery from about 100% to 80 %. I was still logged on in the morning when turning the XDA on, pretty impressive.

Charging in the car cradle (Brodit active cradle) to and from work keeps the battery working all day.

Regards
Michael

[SimonTALM]

I think the main problem is that we want our XDA's to do everything all at once i.e. GPRS online all day, Bluetooth active all day AND we want to actually use it at the same time i.e. make occasional phone calls (up to 1hr a day) AND use the PDA functions (1hr a day) AND perhaps to use it as an MP3 Walkman on the way to work as well (2hrs a day).

Yes it would be nice if it could do this but not everyone wants it to do so much and by providing as standard a battery suitable to last 18 hours (i.e. use all day - charge overnight) would mean the phone is uncompetetive in the market too expensive and too large (heavy). Would everyone pay another £60 ontop of what they paid (I know I would have thought twice)

I also do the battery dance mid afternoon so I for one would love to have a higher power battery (even if it means a bit more weight and size) but others do not. I suppose the real question is when will we at least get the option for a high power battery for us power users?

I think the only batteries available at the moment are the standard 1200mAh does anyone know how much difference would another 600mAh or even 1200mAh make to battery life?