A lot of times when I was studying in my room, I'd keep the BN plugged in so I wouldn't loose charge. Usually I'd take my adapter in my back pack.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:23 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] What's The Purpose of Transplanting? Hi, Terri. Some folks do charge theres nightly. That way, they have a full charge every day. Of course, I think those are people who use it at work or are students who use it every day. At 9/12/2005, you wrote: >Hi Paul; >I started out with 5.0 and have 5.1. I never noticed this funney noise >you are hearing from the keys. It sure must not be very obvious. When >I get my transplant, do you think I would be safe to just get in the >habit of charging it every night or two. Right now I only have to >charge it once a week. knock on wood, I have only gotten critical I >think twice. Terry Powers > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Henrichsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:07 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] What's The Purpose of Transplanting? > > >Hi. I don't know that I prefer the newer cursor routing keys over the >old ones. Since I still have my bn classic and my MPower is in the >shop, I got a chance to go back to my old unit for a week. The only >thing that bothered me was the constant clicking of the display as I >moved around. I had gotten so used to the quiet display in the past >month as well as the smoothness of the platform when the dots are not >up. When mine comes back tomorrow, it will be interesting to see how I >feel going back to the MPower. One thing I can say with certainty is >that the bn classic batteries last longer during charges than do the >MPower batteries. Maybe they fixed something in my MPower so they will >more closely match, but judging from what I have read on the list and >watching my own MPower, I never had to charge my old bn four to five >times in a two week period. Granted, if you use it a lot including >wireless, of course you would have to charge it much more, but for the >past week, I have not been doing anything except for reading. I am at >34 percent. With the bn classic, I can run it down to pretty near zero >percent before it goes flat. With the MPower, you are going to go flat >shortly after reaching ten percent. This is probably due to how lithium >batteries operate. I don't remember when I charged the bn classic, but >think it was last friday or Saturday and here it is Thursday evening. >My MPower never would have lasted this long. >As I say, I want to see how the battery life has improved once my unit >comes back. >I really don't have a problem if the MPower needs to be charged more >because of a shorter battery life. One can only get three or four hours >tops out of a laptop. But unless soemthing changes with my repaired unit, I >think the MPower just drains batteries faster. > > > >___ >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
