Quote Originally Posted by delmer_1
i have the toshiba e740 pocket pc at work, and i really like it, but i have had alot of problems with it. it periodically locks up hard and just refuses to do anything, even turn off. then the only course of action is to remove the battery. this has happened 5 or 6 times in the few months that i have had it. my boss also has one just like it and his does the same thing.

teh battery life is really short. i dont know exact measurements. but one day i had it in my pocket and forgot about it .(it was turned off) when i woke up the next morning and was getting everything out of my pants pockets, the battery light was flashing saying that it was almost dead.

this one has integrated wifi, which is really nice, but it kills the batteries even faster. if you get one with wifi, make sure the wifi is turned off when you dont need it, because it just sucks the life out of the unit.

I dont know how the palms work,but on this toshiba, when the batter dies, it loses everything. all settings, anything stored on the device memory. stuff on a memory card will still be there, but anything contained in the device memory gets erased when there is no more power. so everytime it locked up and i had to take out the battery, i had to set it up all over again. it was a real pain.


but i didnt have to buy it, so i continue to put up with it. it is really nice with the wireless so i can sync it with my outlook from anywhere in the building. so i always have my emails and calendar
Sounds like you've got a short. Battery drain should be minimal when its not on. Also, the e740 is supposed to have a backup battery, so you shouldn't be losing your data if the main battery runs down. Might be worth getting it checked while its still under warranty.

I have the e310 (which, granted, does not have wifi and has a different cpu) and I can go for days between charges, depending on what I use it for. Tends to run down more quickly if I'm listening to music or playing games. I've had it about 2 years and can count on one hand the number of times its locked up - has always been solved by a soft reset. Much better than the pos philips velo I had before.