Getting the Most of Your Battery: A Primer

Becoming an increasingly mobile campus, which ranges from iPads in the classroom to BYOD, ensuring that batteries last as long as they can is of the utmost importance. For all of the things that our mobile devices can do, I wanted to send out a few links to help you better understand the batteries inside of them.

The majority of perceived issues regarding 'poor' battery life that I experienced while at Apple were, more often than not, educational opportunities: Understanding how the battery works is just as important as what the device can do.

For your consideration, here are links to battery management on iOS, OS X, Android and Windows.

Maximizing Performance on Apple Devices

SnapDragon Battery Guru (for Android phones, courtesy of Bryan C.)

Maximizing Performance on Windows Computers


If you have any questions, do not hesitate to let me know!


Image Credit: Battery by Rediffusion from The Noun