Comments on: LinkedIn For BlackBerry Storm And BlackBerry Pearl Now Available http://www.rimarkable.com/linkedin-for-blackberry-storm-and-blackberry-pearl-now-available The Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.rimarkable.com/linkedin-for-blackberry-storm-and-blackberry-pearl-now-available/comment-page-1#comment-135148 Chris Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:09:51 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=13805#comment-135148 I noticed the same behavior as Brad...killing my bb battery, removed the app and battery life is back to normal I noticed the same behavior as Brad…killing my bb battery, removed the app and battery life is back to normal

]]> By: Brad Weston http://www.rimarkable.com/linkedin-for-blackberry-storm-and-blackberry-pearl-now-available/comment-page-1#comment-130794 Brad Weston Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:10:03 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=13805#comment-130794 I had waited VERY PATIENTLY for the Storm to be supported. Downloaded and installed the application yesterday. Noticed that my battery was almost DEAD within 4 hours of installation. Found the application still running (from Menu key /switch application). Tried the BB Storm Escape key to “quit” the application – no luck, still running. Tried the BB Storm End key to “quit” the application – no luck, still running. Tried the Menu key / close option – no luck, still running. Tried Menu key / logout – it logged out, but was still running. The program continues running no matter what I do. I finally had to delete the application because battery life on a Smartphone is more important than any application. I understand this is version 1 of the Storm being supported. But I can’t use an application that chews through my battery like that. When an application is in the background it can’t continue to process and drain the battery at such an extreme rate – bad coding. The interface felt comfortable and seemed very usable but you have to fix battery usage for this application to be useful on a Smartphone. I’d rate battery life as the most important rating factor of any Smartphone application by a HUGE factor far ahead of anything else. Please fix the battery drain problem. I had waited VERY PATIENTLY for the Storm to be supported. Downloaded and installed the application yesterday. Noticed that my battery was almost DEAD within 4 hours of installation. Found the application still running (from Menu key /switch application). Tried the BB Storm Escape key to “quit” the application – no luck, still running. Tried the BB Storm End key to “quit” the application – no luck, still running. Tried the Menu key / close option – no luck, still running. Tried Menu key / logout – it logged out, but was still running. The program continues running no matter what I do.

I finally had to delete the application because battery life on a Smartphone is more important than any application. I understand this is version 1 of the Storm being supported. But I can’t use an application that chews through my battery like that. When an application is in the background it can’t continue to process and drain the battery at such an extreme rate – bad coding.

The interface felt comfortable and seemed very usable but you have to fix battery usage for this application to be useful on a Smartphone. I’d rate battery life as the most important rating factor of any Smartphone application by a HUGE factor far ahead of anything else. Please fix the battery drain problem.

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