I think this is a valid papercut. It is only hardware specific in the sense that some laptop batteries last longer than others. It also particularly affects netbooks which Unity seems to want to target. Mine gives me a red battery indicater with a couple of hours remaining too and I often click to find out I in fact have plenty of time left. .`. a usability bug that regularly affects a large number of users.
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/701941 Title: Battery status application indicator displays wrong status -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs