Ipad charging in house and car

Two points,
1. Do we need new more power full car charger?
2. Does it lose the charge/power quicker when viewing and streaming that it takes on charge/power. Going to do test for the reason below.
Loving the ipad, can watch content from ipad via av cable to tv. Also found Air Video app, which allows my whole library which is extensive to stream to tv Fantastic.

For #1, yes, if you want it to charge quckly, like with the supplied wall charger. The wall charger is 5Volts at 2 amps. Most currently available car chargers are less than that.
For # 2, anything that is active on the ipad, like wifi, 3g or bluetooth will cause slightly increased power useage. For maximum charge life, turn off the bluetooth and 3G when not needed. Same with wifi. If you are using 3g at the park, you don't really need the wifi turned on.
How many minutes of charge time this will save.... I can't say. Anywhere from a few minutes, up.

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