Intel Atom Powertop System Monitoring Application

The Ubuntu repos have Intel powertop software. The software is a quick terminal based interface providing information about your computers power consumption. The software is designed to report on Atom based CPUs.

sudo apt-get install powertop

Run with:

sudo powertop

Press “w” when the softwasre tells you and your system will self optimize a bit. It recommends operating your CPUs on dynamic frequency mode, but when on battery power its obviously better to fix the frequency at the lowest value. Also reducing the brightness of your screen will substantially reduce power consumption.

iPhone Battery Life Complaints

If your iPhone battery life is poor, your phone is broken. Bring it in the Apple for an exchange. My iPhone will literally go for three days without having to re-charge it. I have my screen brightness set all the way down, I can report the best battery life of any cellphone I have ever owned. I have wifi on all the time. I have bluetooth off. I use all the features all the time, and can report no negatives on any aspect of the phone.