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Originally Posted by FJames
Unfortunately the battery meter is not currently accurate, and most people haven't done enough uninterrupted charge-and-read cycles yet with the new Touch to really establish the baseline battery life. It's notoriously difficult to create an accurate battery meter for lithium-ion batteries because of their voltage drop-off curve, so what we're hoping for is:
1) more accurate guidance on expected battery life, charging time, and interpreting the battery meter
2) more graceful low-power warning and shutdown
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Yep. I used to have two awesome apps for batt mgmt on my Palm IIIx & Franklin eBookman which would allow me to graph voltage drop over time, etc. indicate batt swapps, etc. and generate after a while a fairly accurate time remaining/meter %. I used/needed them as after a while I got smart and started using NIMH rechargeables in my IIIx and then later the eBookman...
(The IIIx had a "hidden" meter change to "accurately" track NIMH rechargeables but it really wasn't all that great. The ebookman just had no clue...)
Which reminds me that I need to start looking for one of those for Android devices now... forgot about it...