Re: is "non-removable" a bad feature of the Tungsten T3 battery?

"Paul Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> hi all
> 
> I have recently purchased (actually, am "trying out") a Palm Tungsten T3.
> 
> It seems like a great little unit, but I have noticed that the rechargeable
> battery is "non-removable", as it is on some of the other Palm models.
> 
> Could this be a problem down the road?
> 
> Is there a limited life to these rechargeable batteries, and am I going to
> be ticked off if one day I can't recharge my unit any more, and I can't
> replace the battery either?
> 
> Or is this a scenario that will likely never happen?
> 
> A related question is:  should I *drain the battery completely* before
> recharging it, as is the case with some laptop batteries (I greatly
> shortened the life of my laptop battery because I didn't know about
> this).... or does it not really matter whether it's 99% drained, or 3%
> drained, when I put it in the charger for the night?  I hope (wish) that I
> should never have to be concerned with this.
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions!
> 

When my Tungsten "seemed" to drain last week when I got it charged
again it was if there'd been a hard reset. I say "seemed" to have
drained because I tried to switch it on one morning and nothing
happened. When I plugged in the charger it behaved exactly as it did
the first time I initially charged it a few weeks ago. Luckily I'd
hotsynced just before this happened, but had problems restoring the
versamail that came with it. So I'd make sure you always have a good
backup at all times. I'm going to try and reproduce this scenario and
it it happens again I'll be getting in touch with Palm,

cheers

Phil