The Bob <nospam@bob.com> wrote in
news:Xns9A87B8BEC7565bob@216.196.97.136:

> With the iPhone it won't be that easy, and if you are
> recharging it every nigh you'll be looking at a battery replacement
> every 9-10 months.
>
>

This would be true if you constantly wait until it's DEAD before
recharging.

Most Li-Ion battery users don't understand how much damage they do to their
expensive battery packs by bragging to everyone it runs 4 days without
recharging when it sits all night next to their beds, RIGHT NEXT TO THE
CHARGER.

Li-Ion batteries are like lead-acid batteries in one respect....they are
FLOAT batteries. They LOVE to be PARTIALLY discharged, then recharged
IMMEDIATELY. I have Li-Ion batteries running old Palm Pilots that are
nearly 10 years old and STILL will run a Palm Pilot for a LONG time because
I always dropped it into the cradle every time I sat down at my desk to
recharge, even though it would run for weeks without it. I found my old
Palm clone and its charger the other day. IT still runs, too.

What destroys a Sellphone battery in 10 months is DEEP CYCLING it. The
chip in the battery only allows you to deep cycle it to about 50% of its
real capability because deep cycling li-ion simply destroys them. Deep
cycle it ONCE every 3-4 months to RESET the drifting cycle point on its
charge timer IC that's in every Li-Ion battery, then IMMEDIATELY give it a
FULL recharge. All other times, recharge it as quickly and as often as you
can. The old Ni-Cd memory legacy, where you HAD to deep cycle Ni-Cd to
keep them working, is still on many people's minds as true for Li-Ions and
that's SIMPLY WRONG!

EVERY chance you get to plug in your Li-Ion powered devices, DO SO! Damned
batteries, especially in iPhones you have to pay to have replaced, are
EXPENSIVE!