Hi, Yes, that is why I specified the iPod. Since others had commented, in this thread, about the iPod, I assumed some people may want to know. And, I actually didn't know about standby for a while and would always turn the unit completely off. It takes a bit of time to boot up from a fresh start, but comes on in a second or 2 from standby. Neal -----Original Message----- From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:44 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPhone battery with VO? Hi, Yeah but that is not a very good indicator I guess because the iPhone is constantly establishing and holding a connection to AT&T's network which is not the case with an iPod. On Dec 3, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Neal Ewers wrote: > Hi, I have an iPod Touch 3rd generation. If I press the lock button > at night before going to sleep so that the unit is in standby, I lose > virtually no battery power over night. It may go from 100% to 97% but > not much more than that. > > Neal > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laura > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:20 AM > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPhone battery with VO? > > Well, I have tried that, and the battery drain continued, and the > usage continued to climb. Admittedly, I hadn't powered off the phone > before I did it, which is what I've currently done, so we'll see how > that goes. But it seems weird to me that powering off the phone should > be necessary, if it's VO. If that were the case, I'd expect that > turning it off should have an instant impact. > > On 3 Dec 2009, at 16:07, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I don't have an iPhone but do have an iPod touch. If one thinks >> voiceover > is putting such a drain on the battery then why not just turn > voiceover off when not in use for long periods of time, like when your > asleep? If you wake up to the same results then you know it's not > voiceover. If battery life is better, well, you now know to turn VO > off when going to bed if you choose not to charge your phone over night. >> On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> >>> There's been a lot of debate about this with some people insisting >>> it's > vo and some insisting it isn't. I don't have this problem but I put my > phone on the charger every night. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cheryl >>> "Let the words of my mouth, >>> and the meditation of my heart, >>> be acceptable in thy sight, >>> O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer." >>> (Psalm 19:14 Bible KJV) >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >