Actually I think it uses nickel metal hydride, at least the classics do, not sure about the m power. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 4:43 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Possible battery solution for M Power users
It would be interesting if Humanware would one day give us an explanation as to why batteries have to be calibrated in the first place. The Braille note is the only device that I have ever run across that requires this. I'm wondering if it is because Humanware still uses NiCad batteries. Clearly such batteries have been superseded by Lithium Ion and other more modern systems. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarai Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:43 PM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Possible battery solution for M Power users Good I'm glad its off. I ran in to one person last night who had the opposite problem, his classic drained more battery power then the M Power. Let us know what happens with your M Power. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Ehrler Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Possible battery solution for M Power users I've been reading about battery problems or differences in battery use on the mPower units since they were released. I just received my voiceNote mPower on Monday. I charged it up and had to do the calibrate function because the unit informed me calibration was needed. I haven't installed any external cards or other devices yet but see at least ten percent fall in battery power every day, even if I don't use the unit for more than a few minutes. On my old VoiceNote running KeySoft versions 5.x and 6.11, and with a 1 gig compact flash card always installed, I would only lose about five or six percent of power a day under the same conditions. I would guess the faster processor must account for the higher battery drain. I will be doing more with the unit over the next week or so and will be interested to see just how fast the unit kills the battery under real life use. By the way, I just checked the bluetooth option on my unit after reading a message warning about its drain potential, and my unit's bluetooth is still turned off. Richard Ehrler ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
