Apparently the S10's being sold currently in the US don't have Bluetooth. Mine does. This is the software wireless device control panel accessed by pressing Fn-F5. There is also a hardware button that toggles all wireless devices simultaneously.
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Just to prove again my S10 does have Bluetooth. This is the device manager.
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The pre-installed battery management control panel. You can choose the battery saving scheme manually, or let it change automatically according to the battery level.
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Each scheme can be customized further by double clicking on the scheme icons.
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Everything is customizable.
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The Super Energy Saver scheme has an additional tab that lets you enable or disable individual hardware devices.
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After cycling the battery a few times and also customizing my battery saving schemes a bit, I can easily get 3+ hours of battery life now. The backlight on the S10 is so bright I never needed to use more than half in the screen brightness setting. The CPU is also fast enough that I can use the "low CPU frequency" setting without any speed problems.
As mentioned in other online reviews, the wireless sensitivity is extremely good. I happened to need to find out today if a remote location at work can be reached using wireless or if we need to run a cable. Turns out the S10 can easily reach our main access point from the remote location, while my ThinkPad with the Intel 3945BG couldn't even find the access point.
Update: continued in day 7.
5 comments:
Useful info...thanks...
Question: Do you know how to adjust the volume of the *very loud* beep that occurs whenever the user connects or disconnects AC power?
Never mind... found it.
There's a "PC Beep" setting in Master Volume that does it.
(It does not screw up the volume of other audio.)
Thanks a lot. Is there anyway to find out what model # the BT module is w/out opening it up?
Man the more and more I read about this netbook, the more excited I get.. except for the hiccups, like no BT on the US side
Hi, please see my follow-up in "day 7".
THANKS SOOOO MUCH!!!
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