As with any mobile device battery life is always a concern, if not the biggest issue. What’s the point of doing work on the road it you have to stop at an outlet from time to time and charge your batteries. Average battery life improved a lot during past years, but devices keep adding more and more features, connections and pack more power, that has to come from, you guessed, the battery, which as technology hasn’t evolved too much all this time.

    That’s why I think people who buy touch screen tablet PCs have questions about battery life as the touch screen adds more strain on the battery of the gadget. In this post I’ll try and explain what should you expect from your touch screen device and how will you be able to better take care of if, to prolong its life. Also remember that a new device is better than a refurbished one, as that one could have been used for a few times, the battery might have been badly formatted an so on. This applies also to refurbished laptops and refurbished touch tablets.

    Battery doesn't stay green if you don't take care of it

    Battery doesn't stay green if you don't take care of it

    Who’s consuming more, a touch tablet or a laptop?

    I’ll answer this question by looking on the differences of the two devices. I’ll also assume we’re talking about two similar devices as screen size and internal components. So the differences drill down to the screen, which can be rotated on a touch tablet PC and has an external layer that ‘records’ the point where your hand or stylus makes contact with the screen.

    This layer consumes some additional power and makes the information on screen less visible, so you’ll need to adjust the luminosity of the screen to a level or two closer to maximum that you would do on a regular laptop. Here’s where the battery life difference will come from, so expect around 5-10% less time away from the socket with a touchscreen tablet.

    How do I take care of the battery?

    This is similar to what you would normally do on a laptop. So here’s short list:

    • Charge/discharge completely the battery at least once a month (ideal is once a week)
    • Store the battery away from the laptop if you’re not using it for prolonged periods
    • Keep the battery away from extreme weather conditions like too hot or too cold

    Remember those three things and apply them to a touch tablet battery and you’ll be fine. More advices about how to better take care of your laptop batteries can be found at online laptop battery, a site that provides hints, tips and advices on this topic. Also you can read about universal laptop power supply articles you’ll find out how to power your notebook from other sources than the classic house plug.