Battery Monitor is the one of the latest apps on the Ovi Store, and the perfect way to get the best battery life out of your Nokia N8 or Nokia C7. Join us after the cut to find out if Battery Monitor is worth downloading...
Battery Monitor has the potential to be a particularly useful app, letting you know exactly how much battery life you have left, along with usage over a set period of time.
Open Battery Monitor and you'll be met with a series of stats. At the bottom, there's a large battery, telling you the percentage of battery life that's left.
There are also a series of estimates, letting you know exactly how long you'll be able to use your Nokia C7 or Nokia N8 for, irrespective of what you're doing.
At the top, there's an estimate of how much active time is left – with the phone switched on and in use – measured in days and hours.
Below this, there's an estimate for talk time – this time measured in hours. Battery Monitor also provides estimates for web browsing times and music playback.
Along with estimates, you can also click on Statistics, which lets you monitor exactly how you've been using your Nokia.
It splits usage into Talk, Web Browsing, Music Playback, Home Screen, Messaging, GPS Apps, Gallery, Camera and Other. There are bar charts to show what you've been up to on each day of the week – so if you want to make the battery last longer it should be easier to find out what you're doing most and what to cut down on.
Overall, Battery Monitor is a decent little app. We've not had it long enough to find out how much of a difference it can make during daily use, but if nothing else it's useful having an estimate in terms of days and hours.
Details:
Size: 0.30MB
Price: Free
