iPhone Battery Life

I posted “my iPhone battery life still kinda stinks” at Plurk the other day

and I got a response from MarinesEtwas. [Here is the original post.] There’s a lot of really cool software for the iPhone and a substantial feature set—I’ve been using the device since just after its first release and it’s worlds-apart from what it once was.

Users new to the phone might be bombarded and overwhelmed if they’re not used to widgets and web apps… and saving battery-life isn’t always straight-forward and simple!

I’m going to try out some “battery saving tricks” this weekend and I’ll let y’all know how it goes. If you’re having serious issues with your phone, please let me know. We can hit up the microblogging community and get answers really fast.

These are my quick-tips:

1. Turn off WiFi if you don’t need it.
2. From “Settings,” go to “Fetch New Data” and “fetch” (instead of “push”) everything you don’t really need right away.
3. Turn off Bluetooth when you don’t need it.
4. Reduce “Brightness” as much as possible.

Some or all of those tips might seem like “no brainers,” but I hope it helps anyway. Let me know what you do to save battery life!

Bradtastic Theory Redux

I decided to “reset” this blog about one week ago, right after using the WordPress application for iPhone. I’ve wanted something that fit in-between bradtastic.com and my tumblr. At the same-time, however, I wanted something that could help centralize the many site-services I’m using: del.icio.us, Pownce, etc…

So this is my new personal, “social” site… essentially, my book-writing and thought-pieces will still be elsewhere, photos and links will still end up on my tumblelog, and I’ll use this site to talk about both and to explain what I’m up to.

 

In addition,

with the release of the iPhone 3G comes a wave of new iPhone users. iPhone users make-up a new social-network; for the first time in a long time, people are brought together by a shared-interest in a technology, and the platform is something pretty-darn cool!

However, the iPhone isn’t perfect, and its user-base is extremely varied. Some people are going to have issues with the device… because it can do so much!

 

Bottom line: I want to share cool stuff, explain why I’m sharing it, and make friends with other iPhone enthusiasts. I’m still doing my other stuff… this is all extra, sugar-coated goodness!