Almost all pocket pcs have power issues (battery life related) it would really be nice if someone wrote something that ran in the background or as a plugin of a task manager that did the following:
1. change the backlight settings depending on use, like a screensaver, dimming when the user doesn't touch the screen for a period of time then lighting up again.
1a. give the user more incremental control over backlight settings rather than just off, low, med, high, super etc
2. Underclock the processor when usage is low and/or idling, and the potential to give a bit of a boost (10%) when the load is heavy
3. Tell the machine not to refresh unused memory addresses in ram - this could make some big gains in battery life also I imagine
4. Power down microdrives when not in use
5. contrast intensity settings for the lcd (low contrast would possibly mean less current drain)
6. Added the ability to terminate processes
I'd code it myself, but my c++ is very rusty and java is my primary language.