After installing Tasker on my Xperia X10 mini pro, and configuring it
to check my email every one hour from 6 to 21 hours, I have seen an
improvement in my battery life.

I have also configured it to only connect to my Wifi (turn it on) when
I am near my office or house (using a state of [cell near]).

So it turns it on (data, sync and wifi -if near home or office-) for
three minutes every one hour.

With this setup, I have my battery run a complete three days before reaching 5%.

If you need some help to configure it, let me know in the comments section.

I’ve just posted an article about how to save battery on Android

If you have some tips, please share them

I’ve tested Juice Defender, and it does a great job saving your battery juice. So it is a good option if you own an Android phone, but guess what, I’ve found what I think is a better app.

First of all, Juice Defender made my phone to slow, and sometimes it just restarted with no reason, even in a middle of a call.

Well, I have disabled it and now I’ve installed tasker, I can do almost the same things that Juice Defender does (sure it requires a little bit more job) but it also gives me a lot of other possibilities.

I’ll post in Go2Linux, how I did that, and update this post.

Update: 04/02/2011. Here it is How to save Android battery with tasker

I’m a new Android user, I’ve the Xperia X10 mini pro, and like almost all Android users I’m a little bit concerned about battery life.

A friend of mine usually tells me that I should not be concerned about that, as one usually have easy access to a usb port or to a power outlet. Well that is really a good point I’m still concerned about battery life in my Xperia mini pro.

I’ve installed juice defender, (the ultimate [paid] version), and configured it to connect using the wifi first and the 3G if there is no wifi available.

OK, it also have another option, which wifi location, this feature, remembers where wifi is available (using the GSM location of your phone) and only turn the wifi on, when it is near the point it “remembers” wifi is.

For this to work you need to “train” your phone, by manually enabling wifi, at locations where it is available, after two or three times it is suppose to remember it, but that is not working for me. And yes I have enabled location services in my Android settings.

I’ve also installed Y5 battery saver, which does only the job location feature of Juice defender is supposed to do, but it seems to be working now.

I have configured Juice Defender to give priority to wifi, it means, try first to connect via wifi and only if it is not available try 3G data, I think Y5 battery saver should block the wifi where it remembers is not available, and only let Juice Defender enable it where it is available.

I’m still testing it, and will let you know the results of my tests in future posts.

Update 04/02/2011: You may want to read Saving Android battery with Tasker. That gave me better results than Juice Defender.

Choosing the right device for you

I know, it is really hard to choose between an iPhone or a phone powered by Android, both platforms have their good and bad points.

I’m not going to write about those points, if you are thinking about which one is the best for you is maybe because you have already read a lot about them, and you know what is good and bad about both.

I’m going to give you an idea that may release the pressure on you, about deciding if you need to buy the iPhone or an Android phone.

How to choose between iPhone and Android, -Not choosing-

What has worked for me was to get an Android phone (Xperia X10 mini pro, in my case) and the iPod touch. Yes, that way have the best of both worlds, you may be saying “two devices” and yes, why not?, that way I have access, to the great way to manage my music that iTunes has, also all the Apple store apps, and at the same time the Android apps are available for me.

Other options could be to have an Android phone and the iPad, or the iPhone and an Android tablet.

What do you think?

This is a great job from the guys at Disqus, they are realeasing apps for three smartphones OS at the same time. Congratz, for the good job. http://amplify.com/u/bi48