On 05/28/2015 01:45 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2015-05-28 18:07, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 05/28/2015 10:36 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: But my phone is another matter. Light on the battery and i leave GPS on all the time, but it still lasts all day. My tablet, ditto, lasts 3 or 4 days. Better chip sets? Probably. That it doesn't power the chip till a GPS fix is requested. If you use an application that tracks your location, or a navigation app, the battery also goes down fast, I'd bet.
Perhaps its model related. I tend to think so. My camera design is older than my phone and yes I do my one for even urban perambulations. This is a city of ravines and interconnected parks and while the major roads may be on a surveyor's measure grid[1], everything else is a maze of twisty turning passages that accommodate the 'green spaces' and what used to be the shorelines of Lake Iroquois http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Iroquois and we have no shortage of "hilly rails" even within the city.
(When I go walking on the mountain I take an external battery pack in my rucksack - just in case)
A day out walking with "map on' and recording rates & route ... my stock battery lasts 4-6 hours. I do have a "hump-back" (double-plus) battery and back for when I feel paranoid or am vacationing, but it doesn't fit in any of my cases so I don't use it often. My tablet, which I use as a map when driving in unfamiliar areas (not least of all since many of my driving partners are not proficient map readers but seem to handle google-maps OK) seems to last a couple of days even with GPS on. And my tablet is a 'newer' design than my phone. All of which leaves me convinced it has to do with a level of technology used by the chip sets and not just the degree of usage. [1] Basically a mile and a quarter grid so that the land was parcelled up into 100 acre lots. In theory. In practice lakes, escapements and other 'natural features' got in the way, just as the Romans had found when they tried laying out 'straight line' roads centuries earlier. The mile and a quarter comes from the old "rod, pole, perch, chain" measure used by 17th and 18th century Brits. Since 1 statute mile is 8 Furlongs, 10 Furlongs make the mile and quarter of the "100 Acre" ... whoops! There goes Pooh Bear! No. Really. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org