Hi Paul: Just a couple of thoughts, and I have done this on my voice but if you charge your bn completely, then let it talk till it drives you crazy of course letting it do it's thing, when you turn on the unit there is a way when checking the status it will say how long the discharge took. On my vn which I received and the last time I calibrated the batter it was over 16 hours.
My point which I know took a long way to get too but that number will tell you how much or how many hours your battery will last. I know you've had some concerns and probably rightly so but just so you can get an accurate count on just how much your batter will stay alive with out going south till the next charge. smile Hope I didn't ramble too much. <g> John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] One more suggestion: > Hi, Jim. That's the only thing that keeps me not too concerned. Even my > wife's Centrino only gets five hours. > I would really like it if I could get more hours or not such a percentage > of a drop each day, but I still get more than a laptop. > At 4/12/2004, you wrote: > > >Hello again! > > > >I have always felt that the battery is the weak link in the chain however, > >If it is being used constantly, one might get 10 to 15 hours of battery > >life before having to charge the unit! That is certainly better than most > >laptops! > > > >Jim Aldrich > > > >At 02:57 PM 04/12/2004 , you wrote: > >>Hi, Sandra > >> > >>I have similar experiences with the battery life of my unit and, indeed, I > >>did send it back to PulseData Europe about 18 months ago for replacement as > >>I wasn't satisfied with its life. Net result? Exactly the same even to the > >>extent of them scoffing at the idea of a 20-hour lifespan. > >> > >>To my mind, the batteries (along with the continued withholding of the SDK) > >>are a major flaw in the unit. > >> > >>Regards > >> > >>Richard Bartholomew > >>E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "sandra tomkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 1:33 PM > >>Subject: re: [Braillenote] One more suggestion: > >> > >> > >>Hi Mary-Ellen and list, > >> > >> While on the subject of batteries: I just received my bn back from its new > >>battery implant. I am a little concerned that this "new" battery is not > >>quite the thing. For example, having charged it to 100 % I left the bn > >>unplugged over night, with no cards in and, of course, turned off, the power > >>level went down by 20 % when I checked the following morning. Also, if I > >>read a book, using a storage card, but not doing much else with the bn for, > >>perhaps, 7 to 8 hours (being an avid reader) my battery goes down from 100 % > >>to 9 % how does this performance compare with others who have new or > >>relatively new batteries? I would be very grateful to hear as I am loath to > >>send the machine back, especially as I paid £150 for the privilege only two > >>weeks ago. > >>Thanks, > >>Sandy. > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:45:24 -0400 > >> >Subject: [Braillenote] One more suggestion: > >> > >> >How about a battery which doesn't need calibration every 6 weeks? > >> >The present battery has never made sense to me but I'm in the dark ages so > >>there. > >> >Mary Ellen Earls > >> >___ > >> >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >> >http://list.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > Paul Henrichsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <home.pacbell.net/paulh52> > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > >
