I was able to go well past 8 hours, but needed to dim the screen to its bare minimum.
Sadly, the idea of using a PDA for 8 hours has passed and no model save the monochrome PDAs may do this anymore.
Bob
Hi. I'm a road warrior FED UP with the crummy battery life of my Palm Zire 71. I need something that doesn't need to be recharged after just a few hours of work! (While I'm ranting, I should also mention that I also resent the way it doesn't seem to work with third party accessories.) Has anybody run any tests to see which handhelds have the longest in-use battery lives? All I want is something that will save my data such as contact info, memos, etc., and be easy to read and use, and doesn't send me scrambling for a plug every few hours. Yeah MP3 would be nice, but I could live without it. Is that asking for so much? sigh.
Signed, a former Palm fan.

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