anthoncr said:
I picked am considering an expansion card for my Palm Tungsten T3 PDA so I can listen to MP3 music. Has anyone out there purchased the same combination that can give me an idea how long I can listen to music before the battery dies, (assuming it's fully charged at the start)?
Thank you,
Tony
-And I apologize if anyone considers this an abuse of the forum. I tried searching online to no avail. The Palm customer service, which has apparently been outsourced to another country, has not been able to understand my question.
Hmmm...I have a T2, but they're kinda similar...I used mine as an MP3 player until my awesome brother got me an iPod
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The included RealPlayer is pretty good, but you really should make sure that you select the option that makes it turn off the screen after a bit, that saves batteries (or it may blank the screen automatically). I used PocketTunes, which gives tons of options and I liked alot. The sound quality is impressive considering that it's not really meant to be a player, although the new Palms and PocketPCs are really incredible machines.
So for an estimate, I'll give you how mine worked out...I'd listen casually, a few min here and there, and saw very little change in battery life. I took it on a ride from Long Beach to the South Bay (LA area) - 45 min - and round trip it went from 100% to around 85% and that was using the built in speaker at a high volume.
I love my T2, it's a great machine and I use it all the time. As an audio player it was pretty damn nice, compared to the iPod it still measures up well considering it only has a 256 MB flash card.
Best of luck and enjoy!
oh and probably the best site/forum on the web for this stuff is
www.brighthand.com, they've got reviews and a relatively active forum (compared to SDN it's a snail, but you'll get the info you need.)
