[bookport] Re: Odd behavior of latest beta
- From: "Neal Ewers" <ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:07:57 -0500
Walt and list. I seem to remember Larry or Rob saying that the
battery gauge is not all that accurate after reaching 30% or so. I
don't exactly remember the percent mentioned, but perhaps one of these
mighty men can comment further.
Neal
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[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 7:20 PM
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Subject: [bookport] Odd behavior of latest beta
Over the weekend, I was monitoring my batteries (standard alkalines)
pretty
carefully because I knew they were beginning to get a little low and I
was
reading an Audible book, which seems to use up more battery life than
reading a text file for the same length of time. Anyhow, I suddenly
got to
the point where the Book Port was reading, but absolutely no
keystrokes
would have any effect. I repeatedly pressed 2, D+F, A+C, etc., but
nothing
happened--the book just kept right on reading. I started pressing keys
randomly at a pretty fast clip and suddenly, the BP just stopped dead
and at
_that_ point, no keystrokes would work. I emphasize that I had not
received
a low battery warning and based on the fact that I had been monitoring
remaining battery life very closely, I would estimate that there was
at
least 30%; possibly 35%; of their life remaining when all this
happened. I
removed the batteries and replaced them with a new set and everything
is
working fine again, but this struck me as really strange and
completely
unexpected behavior.
--
Walt Smith - Clearwater, FL
ka3agm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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