Tricks to Keep Your Devices's Battery Going and Going.

New smartphones - Black Berry, Adroid phone or iPhone have so many more expanded features that it gets tempting to try as many of them. But the more you try the extra features, the shorter your phone battery lasts. 

So the strategy is how do you reduce energy consumption while performing all the essential tasks. Whether you're using a laptop or a smartphone, the devices can be tweaked to get the most out of its batteries.

RECONSIDER YOUR NETWORK: The C.D.M.A. mobile standard used by Verizon uses more power than a G.S.M. network used by AT&T and T-Mobile. G.S.M. systems use less battery power.

DIM THE SCREEN: The brighter the screen more power is being used. Also louder the volume of the music the more power is used.

TURN OFF BLUETOOTH & Wi-Fi, when not in use. Also put your phone to sleep when it is in standby. This will safe power.

TURN OFF YOUR DEVICES IF YOU GET WEAK SIGNAL OR THERE IS NO COVERAGE AVAILABLE: The battery will drain faster to look for signals.

CHECK E-MAIL MANUALLY: This way you can save lot of power.

TURN OFF EVERYTHING: The simplest way to save power is to shut off the device.

DISABLE the ANIMATION: Flash animation use lot of power.

GET AN APP TO AID YOU: There are a number of applications that can help monitor battery life and shut off various functions that cut down on a devices effective power.

REALIZE the END WILL COME: The older generation of nickel cadmium batteries suffered from memory issue; if you didn't fully charge and discharge one, it would hold a progressively smaller amount of power.Today's lithium-ion batteries don't suffer from memory loss, so it is safe to top off a battery....No matter how well you husband your battery's resources, there comes a time when it is time to get a new one. "If your battery lasts only an hour after you've charged it," said Anthony Magnabosco, owner of Milliamp.com, "you know its time is up."

Source: Eric A. Taub, The New York Times.