Monday, August 04, 2008

Are your batteries lying to you?

Dan's Data (http://www.dansdata.com/gz084.htm) has a fascinating article about how battery indicators and wifi/cellular signal strength meters don't tell you precisely what you think that they are telling you. The post is a little geeky but it brings up an interesting point: What DO two bars of signal strength really mean?

Additional Link: (Slashdot article with additional thoughts on the subject and your chance to chime in: Slashdot Article)

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