Yesterday I posted a video demonstrating the Flash web video experience by just surfing to a couple of video sites with my Nexus One Android phone. Some viewers realized that the power was plugged in, and the question came up what the battery life is.
It’s important to note none of the demonstrated sites were serving mobile optimized video. In most cases phone hardware only supports performance optimized H.264 video with the baseline profile, which most websites don’t serve to their regular non-mobile visitors (and in this case to my Nexus One)
Here is the battery life with non-optimized video.
As you can see the battery charge left after 30 minutes is 84%, which is still very decent. With a couple of minor optimizations, the battery time could be even further improved.
And in addition to the video playback, it’s also offering the full functionality of Flash Player 10.1, including content protection, the upcoming HTTP streaming, dynamic streaming with FMS 3.5, P2P with RTMFP, interactivity, tracking, interactive videos ads, live video support, and much more.
To learn more about Flash Player 10.1 mobile optimization read the mobile encoding guidelines, and Mark Doherty’s detailed blog post about Flash Player battery performance on the Nexus One.
