Nokia Battery Monitor 2 is a new Qt based version of Nokia's simple but highly effective app for Symbian^3 smartphones. We slapped it on our Nokia E7 and now it takes pride of place. Read our Nokia Battery Monitor 2 on Nokia E7 review to find out more.
Nokia Battery Monitor 2 is a fantastic utility that takes the guess work out of how much battery life you have left on your Nokia smartphone. We really liked Nokia Battery Monitor 1.3 but while this version works on the same premise it's a completely different build and comes with a bunch of new features.
You can have Nokia Battery Monitor 2 running in the background on your Nokia E7, or similar Symbian^3 smartphone, or you can opt to have it as a live widget on one of your homescreens. The widget scrolls through the various estimates that can be seen in whole on the main page of the app. It's a great way of seeing at a glance how much battery life you have left.
Open the app itself and you'll find it's built around three distinct pages. The first is the Estimates page, which breaks down into Average, Call (3G), Web, Music, Maps and Camera. There is also a large battery countdown – kind of like the totaliser on Blue Peter but working in reverse – letting you know the overall percentage of battery life left.
For example, our Nokia E7 was at 92 per cent battery, which translated at 2.9 DAYS of average use, or 4 hours and 10 minutes of talk time. Then again, 31 hours and 40 minutes of music playback or 5 hours and 50 minutes of taking snaps was also on offer.
As you can see, it's a great way to see how much battery you have before you'll need a recharge, so if you're planning on heavy usage in any one area you'll be catered for.
While Estimates is all about the battery life you have yet to consume, Statistics gives you a breakdown of the juice you've sluiced. We really like this feature of Nokia Battery Monitor 2 on our Nokia E7 as it allows you to see exactly how you've been using your smartphone. It offers you the chance to see Today, Past Week, or even All Time, which is pretty neat for those who need to keep tabs on things long term.
Power Save is what takes Nokia Battery Monitor 2 into a new league of its own as it allows you to tap into powering saving mode with ease. You can set the brightness of the display and also the length of time your Nokia smartphone will stay lit up before going into idle mode.
By default it's at 50 per cent for screen brightness, dropping down to 0 per cent when in power saving mode, so you can best gauge what works best for you.
If you're not already using Nokia Battery Monitor 2 on your Nokia E7, or similar Symbian^3 smartphone, now is the time to try it our. It's free and could just save you time and energy.
DOWNLOAD: Nokia Battery Monitor 2
Size: 0.53MB
Price: Free
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