Author Archives: Colin Gauntlet-Hayes

Being used to the relatively endless battery lifetime of a BlackBerry, changing to an Google Android came as a bit of a shock; out of the box I was only getting about 8 hours of usage from a 100 % charge. A familiar tale for a lot of men and women I’m sure… After some (well, a couple of weeks) of fine-tuning I was able to reliably get about 36 hours from the battery but it nonetheless meant I had to charge the phone each and every day to be sure I’d not get a flat battery at an crucial time. Continue reading →