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My Battery OCD

Battery life needs to improve with most smartphones!  Sure, we all know that but I had to just add my 2 cents.

I don't know about you but I'm just slightly over the top worrying that I have lots of battery life.  If my phone gets to 50% I start to panic and look for a plug. In fact, I almost always have a charger with me...or a backup phone. :)

Today was the day for my Dad to go into surgery and I knew I'd be at the hospital for a long time.  Since my personal phone is a Palm Pre (which happens to have horrible battery life) I had to make a decision on whether to bring a charger or a backup phone. 

It's crazy I have to even consider this but it's the reality with far too many smartphones.  Battery tech REALLY needs to improve and phone makers need to do more in OS design to address this.  Old news, I know, but it's still a problem, so I still get to complain. ;)

I decided to just bring the HTC Hero with me as a backup as it actually does VERY well at stretching the battery.  I figured bringing a cord would still mean having to find a plug and waiting for the phone to charge.  

The Pre is now at about 25% and my battery OCD is kicking in.  Time to break out the Hero...to save my day, as it were.