Follow-up on the "STB incident"

Some more observations ...

Well, the roller coaster ride continues: After experiencing the high of an extended discharge cycle (unexpectedly long charged-battery interval of nearly 2 days of normal use before dropping below 10% charge level), I experienced the low of an extraordinarily short discharge cycle lasting less than six hours with normal use!

I don't know if this is due to a failing battery or intermittently high power drain from radio activity or pending failure of some electrical component. However, I have a hunch that the issue is related to WiFi radio activity. You see, prior to the STB incident, I installed Network Magic -- a really neat home network management application that I heartily recommend. Well, Network Magic gave me visibility into just how active the WiFi module was on my PDA2K: Approximately every two minutes, Network Magic would inform me that "xman_iMate" (my device name) had joined the network.

What's interesting is that my PDA2K was sitting on my desk and not being used at all, so something was triggering the unit to wake up and sniff the airwaves pretty regularly and at a fairly often. So, this leads me to believe (and hope) that the WiFi cycling on and off could be the culprit. I have a bit more experimenting to do, but will post more afterwards.

xman
"How come everything I think I need always comes with batteries?" -- John Mayer