More worrying rumors for the new Palm Pre.  It seems that customers have been experiencing rapid battery drains.  As in the Pre is completely ‘powerless’ after sitting idle for 2 to 4 hours.  Now could this be a settings issues?  Sure.  Maybe its something that Palm can fix?  Possibly.  However, poor battery life can be a deal breaker for many people, myself included.  I don’t want to have to worry about charging my phone every 2 hours.  I have meetings at work longer than that, and I would hate to miss a call due to lack of ‘juice’.  Even Sprint is admitting that frequent charging is something that you may need to do. 

 

No – it’s good for a half a day of heavy use. I’ve been charging three times a day (noon, 5PM, overnight) but I’m heavy on the phone – 4 to 6 hours of calls a day on Bluetooth with all the apps open at once.  

We’ll get some tips on maximizing battery life out here next week.

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I guess we will just need to wait and see.  Here’s hoping that this is something that is fixable. 

Via Gear Diary

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