BatteryTime - Free Today Screen Battery Plugin

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=14591' target='_blank'>http://www.pocketgear.com/software_...il.asp?id=14591</a><br /><br /></div><i>"BatteryTime is a small Today Screen plugin which monitors battery's uptime since last charge and displays the current battery charge percentage on PPC's Today Screen. There is no option or whatsoever. Just install and your battery will be monitored. When the PPC is connected to a charger, the uptime will be reset to zero. The uptime will start count whenever the charger is disconnected."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20040715-BatteryTime.gif" /><br /><br />Looks like a handy little app if all you want is basic monitoring. Best of all, it's free. :)

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

I use a similar freeware app called UpTime (http://ae.inc.ru). It was finally upgraded for compatibility with WM2k3. Anyone interested in monitoring their usage may want to check it out also.

[jonathanchoo]

I also use Uptime. For those who are interested in getting Mugen Power's 2000mAh battery for h4150 here is the result:

Uptime Meter Plugin v3.2.2
Copyright(C) 2002-04 by Alexander Eltsyn

Timer started 7/10/04, 9:38 PM
Report generated: 7/11/04, 8:56 PM
Current uptime: 8:54
Battery charge level: 35%


Uptime Charge
-----------------
1:26 100%
1:27 99%
1:30 98%
1:39 97%
1:42 96%
1:42 95%
1:56 94%
2:03 93%
2:05 92%
2:07 91%
2:15 90%
2:18 89%
2:20 88%
2:24 87%
2:26 86%
2:29 85%
2:33 84%
2:35 83%
2:40 82%
2:45 81%
2:49 80%
2:54 79%
3:01 78%
3:10 77%
3:13 76%
3:24 75%
3:30 74%
3:37 73%
3:43 72%
3:46 71%
3:53 70%
3:57 69%
4:04 68%
4:12 67%
4:16 66%
4:23 65%
4:28 64%
4:34 63%
4:39 62%
4:45 61%
4:51 60%
4:54 59%
4:57 58%
5:02 57%
5:06 56%
5:08 55%
5:14 54%
5:25 53%
5:31 52%
5:38 51%
5:45 50%
5:57 49%
6:13 48%
6:20 47%
6:21 46%
6:22 45%
6:26 44%
6:39 43%
7:02 42%
7:12 41%
7:22 40%
7:34 39%
7:48 38%
7:58 37%
8:03 36%
8:26 35%
8:30 34%
8:31 37%
8:32 36%
8:32 35%
8:51 34%
8:52 37%
8:53 36%
8:54 35%

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As you can see lasted close to 9 hours. The battery was new which I just bought from Proporta's headquarter in Brighton/Hove (nice place, really friendly people). Used it on a 14 hour plane journey. The usage is mainly music (GSPlayer), reading e-books (iSilo), watcing a Futurama episode (BetaPlayer) and playing some games (Age of Empires etc). Also used XCPU Scalar to scale my CPU frequency. These are the results for my h4150 original 1000mAh battery, obtained during the same journey:


Timer started 7/10/04, 2:20 PM
Report generated: 7/10/04, 9:37 PM
Current uptime: 4:09
Battery charge level: 30%


Uptime Charge
-----------------
0:46 100%
0:46 99%
0:47 98%
0:50 97%
0:53 96%
0:55 95%
0:55 98%
0:56 97%
0:57 96%
0:58 95%
0:59 94%
1:00 93%
1:05 92%
1:08 90%
1:11 89%
1:13 88%
1:15 87%
1:16 86%
1:18 85%
1:19 84%
1:22 83%
1:23 82%
1:26 81%
1:28 80%
1:30 79%
1:31 78%
1:33 77%
1:34 76%
1:39 75%
1:41 74%
1:48 73%
1:49 72%
1:55 71%
2:00 70%
2:02 69%
2:06 68%
2:10 67%
2:13 66%
2:15 65%
2:19 64%
2:24 63%
2:27 62%
2:29 61%
2:30 60%
2:35 59%
2:36 58%
2:37 57%
2:40 56%
2:41 55%
2:42 54%
2:47 53%
2:48 52%
2:50 51%
2:52 50%
2:53 49%
2:54 48%
2:56 47%
2:58 46%
3:00 45%
3:05 44%
3:07 43%
3:17 42%
3:21 41%
3:22 40%
3:23 39%
3:24 38%
3:31 37%
3:35 36%
3:41 35%

[Kowalski]

bat - mem time is the best one i've ever used.
plus it has memory monitoring and remaining time estimates
and bat-mem time is free too.

[jb]

Tried it on WM2003SE and it does not work right. Just wanted to give everyone a head's up.

[Bajan Cherry]

I also use Uptime. For those who are interested in getting Mugen Power's 2000mAh battery for h4150 here is the result:

Such a waste of screen real-estate.

[baker]

I also use Uptime. For those who are interested in getting Mugen Power's 2000mAh battery for h4150 here is the result:

Thanks!

[arnage2]

looks like a handy app. Thanks for the heads up. ill download it.

[dklassen]

The link is dead.

[dklassen]

Looks like the link is working now but I can't seem to install it. There is no .cab file in the zip within a zip. Hum..

Uptime works fine.

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

I also use Uptime. For those who are interested in getting Mugen Power's 2000mAh battery for h4150 here is the result:

Such a waste of screen real-estate.
Why do you think that?

[fengwei007]

Tried it on WM2003SE and it does not work right. Just wanted to give everyone a head's up.

It works on both 4150 and 2210, but don't know why it doesn't work on WM2003SE. Can you be more detailed about this "not work right" so I can get it fixed?

Thanks and cheers!

[fengwei007]

Actually Uptime works really well, but it has all these option settings and etc. I just want to make a simple plugin and users don't need to go through all the option settings to get it work.

Just my 2 cents though.