Q-Tips #7 – Replying to an email and extending battery life
Mobile users quickly become addicted to email on their device. One “power user” type function is with the reply. Most users find “Reply” easily when reading a message but it is also available when tapping on “Menu” and that “Reply” has a submenu. When “Reply” is highlighted within “Menu”, press the enter key or center button and this will reveal “Reply”, “Reply All” and “Forward”. On a “Reply” or “Reply All”, if another recipient needs to be added, use the direction pad and navigate up to the To: line and add the recipient. On a “Forward” the recipients are removed and the text entry is automatically placed in the To: line.
Battery:
Preserving the battery takes some tuning of the device. Because we have “Push Email” meaning that as messages and appointments arrive they are pushed to the phone, the phone is then always listening for these updates. The listening drains the battery. Changing this behavior is done in ActiveSync, steps are below.
- Go in to ActiveSync under Start -> Programs or Start -> Programs -> All Programs
- Tap Menu
- Select Schedule
- Adjust Peak time and Off-peak time settings as desired. (The larger the interval, the less battery power consumed)
Advanced
- Set your Off-peak times to Manually or Every 4 hours.
- Tap Menu
- Select Peak Times
- Change the Peak start time and Peak end time to your normal office hours.
As always Power Management settings may be edited within “Settings” by going to Start -> Programs -> Settings or Start -> Programs -> All Programs -> Settings. If there are any specific questions on these settings, leave a comment.
May 14 2009 01:51 pm | Q-Tips