10 Tips: Improve BlackBerry PlayBook Battery Life

Get more juice from your RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using these battery-saving pointers.

InformationWeek Staff, Contributor

June 14, 2011

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According to RIM, the battery life of the PlayBook tablet is 10 hours of normal use. Well, what is normal use? Normal use is definitely different for different users. Many times, I have found the battery life of devices to be less than advertised. Even armed with that skepticism, when I first started using my PlayBook I was rather surprised how quickly the battery would drain down, even in standby mode. With an eye toward getting more use from your tablet, the following tips should help you squeeze every bit of juice out of your BlackBerry PlayBook.

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