>Harry Dodgson (hdodgson@ford.com) shows
>Classic using 343 mA, versus 296 mA for the
>Lynx II. Also, about two-thirds of the Lynx
>power use is for the backlight screen
>alone, as using the Lynx II with the
>backlight off used only 97 mA.
I read on a web-site (I think the IGN boards) that someone hooked up his multimeter to a GBA and found it drew about 80 mA. He wanted to see if the speaker increased power consumption - and he found that the power draw didn't vary much no matter what the volume setting.
It sounds like the GBA with no backlighting isn't much less than a Lynx with no backlighting.