Larry <noone@home.com> amazed us all with the following in
news:Xns9A87EAEF57B40noonehomecom@208.49.80.253:

> 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!
>
>


Gee, Larry- none of us would have known any of that without you. Oh, wait
a minute- yes we would. It has been discussed ad nauseum in these groups.

And if you read the post I responded to, it was deep cycling that was being
discussed.

Why don't you go count the kernels on an ear of corn and report back the
outrageous price we pay for that ear.