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From: Alan Meyer on 3 Jan 2008 11:28
My ancient Palm VIIx has the great virtue (in my eyes) of using
ordinary AAA batteries. I get a week or more worth of use from a
pair of NiMH rechargeables and carry spares with me so that, when
the batteries run out I can pop in freshly charged ones and be
back in business in 60 seconds. Four good quality rechargeables
cost only $10 and last for years and years.

Are there any more modern PDAs that have this feature?

If there aren't any that use off the shelf standard size
batteries, are there at least some that have easily removable
rechargeable batteries for which spares can be carried?

Every single digital camera I have seen has this feature. Some
use standard AA sizes and some use proprietary Lithium Ion, but
all of them have a simple way to remove, recharge, and replace
the battery. I know many cell phones also have easily
replaceable batteries. Don't any of the Palm or other PDAs have
this?

Thanks.
From: Bill Marcum on 3 Jan 2008 12:45
On 2008-01-03, Alan Meyer <ameyer2(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> My ancient Palm VIIx has the great virtue (in my eyes) of using
> ordinary AAA batteries. I get a week or more worth of use from a
> pair of NiMH rechargeables and carry spares with me so that, when
> the batteries run out I can pop in freshly charged ones and be
> back in business in 60 seconds. Four good quality rechargeables
> cost only $10 and last for years and years.
>
> Are there any more modern PDAs that have this feature?
>
> If there aren't any that use off the shelf standard size
> batteries, are there at least some that have easily removable
> rechargeable batteries for which spares can be carried?
>
The Treos have removable batteries. If I'm not mistaken, you have to
remove the battery to perform a hard reset.

From: Alan Meyer on 3 Jan 2008 18:27
On Jan 3, 12:45 pm, Bill Marcum <marcumb...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On 2008-01-03, Alan Meyer <amey...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > My ancient Palm VIIx has the great virtue (in my eyes) of using
> > ordinary AAA batteries. I get a week or more worth of use from a
> > pair of NiMH rechargeables and carry spares with me so that, when
> > the batteries run out I can pop in freshly charged ones and be
> > back in business in 60 seconds. Four good quality rechargeables
> > cost only $10 and last for years and years.
>
> > Are there any more modern PDAs that have this feature?
>
> > If there aren't any that use off the shelf standard size
> > batteries, are there at least some that have easily removable
> > rechargeable batteries for which spares can be carried?
>
> The Treos have removable batteries. If I'm not mistaken, you have to
> remove the battery to perform a hard reset.

Thanks Bill, I'll have a look at them.

Alan
From: Doug Hoffman on 3 Jan 2008 14:46
Bill Marcum wrote:
> On 2008-01-03, Alan Meyer <ameyer2(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > My ancient Palm VIIx has the great virtue (in my eyes) of
> > using
> > ordinary AAA batteries. I get a week or more worth of use
> > from a
> > pair of NiMH rechargeables and carry spares with me so that,
> > when
> > the batteries run out I can pop in freshly charged ones and
> > be
> > back in business in 60 seconds. Four good quality
> > rechargeables
> > cost only $10 and last for years and years.
> >
> > Are there any more modern PDAs that have this feature?
> >
> > If there aren't any that use off the shelf standard size
> > batteries, are there at least some that have easily
> > removable
> > rechargeable batteries for which spares can be carried?
> >
> The Treos have removable batteries. If I'm not mistaken, you
> have to
> remove the battery to perform a hard reset.

Actually that will just cause a soft reset, where you don't lose
data and software. Which is what you want when swapping
batteries. I can swap the battery in my 700p in less than 30
seconds. But then I never bother because a charge will easily
last a day of heavy use (YMMV). I simply always plug it into the
charger on my night stand every night and I'm good to go for
another day. No big deal at all. Camping or something like that
might present a challenge.
--
Regards,
Doug


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From: Adam Helberg on 4 Jan 2008 00:12

"Alan Meyer" <ameyer2(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0e9b3ca5-9526-4216-9058-797224a220f8(a)h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> My ancient Palm VIIx has the great virtue (in my eyes) of using
> ordinary AAA batteries. I get a week or more worth of use from a
> pair of NiMH rechargeables and carry spares with me so that, when
> the batteries run out I can pop in freshly charged ones and be
> back in business in 60 seconds. Four good quality rechargeables
> cost only $10 and last for years and years.
>
> Are there any more modern PDAs that have this feature?
>
> If there aren't any that use off the shelf standard size
> batteries, are there at least some that have easily removable
> rechargeable batteries for which spares can be carried?
>
> Every single digital camera I have seen has this feature. Some
> use standard AA sizes and some use proprietary Lithium Ion, but
> all of them have a simple way to remove, recharge, and replace
> the battery. I know many cell phones also have easily
> replaceable batteries. Don't any of the Palm or other PDAs have
> this?
>
> Thanks.
I think the lithium ion rechargeable have actually more energy than the NiMH, but the
current PDA's use more power to run the backlit color display. So it's not a fair
comparison.

Adam


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