treo battey life

what is the normal life for a Treo battery?

my wife's treo 600 has been used for over 2 years and I believe the battery
is getting weak it needs to be charged a couple of times daily.

she uses the phone in her business-it is used a lot.

thanks

"newman" <st74dummy@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> what is the normal life for a Treo battery?
>
> my wife's treo 600 has been used for over 2 years and I believe the
> battery
> is getting weak it needs to be charged a couple of times daily.
>
> she uses the phone in her business-it is used a lot.
>
> thanks

On my 700w which checks mail from an Exchange server with wireless
ActiveSync and also checks a POP3 account for new mail every five minutes, I
swap the battery out twice a day with my external charger.

At 11 Jul 2007 19:39:40 +0000 newman wrote:
> what is the normal life for a Treo battery?
>
> my wife's treo 600 has been used for over 2 years and I believe the
battery
> is getting weak it needs to be charged a couple of times daily.
>
> she uses the phone in her business-it is used a lot.
>
> thanks

Generally about 3 years, plus or minus. I suspect your wife's is a
"minus." ;-)

thanks for the replies.

the phone is charged every night. she receives email and text messages
throughout the day at work.
"newman" <st74dummy@verizon.net> wrote in message
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what is the normal life for a Treo battery?

my wife's treo 600 has been used for over 2 years and I believe the battery
is getting weak it needs to be charged a couple of times daily.

she uses the phone in her business-it is used a lot.

thanks

"newman" <st74dummy@verizon.net> wrote:

>what is the normal life for a Treo battery?
>
>my wife's treo 600 has been used for over 2 years and I believe the battery
>is getting weak it needs to be charged a couple of times daily.
>
>she uses the phone in her business-it is used a lot.
>
>thanks

Newman,

The typical life for either a NiMH or LiOn battery is 500
discharge/recharge cycles, which works out to about 18 months at 1
cycle/day. Over the last 10 years or so of using both types of
batteries in cell phones, notebooks and such I've experienced this
level of life from these batteries (excepting a few that died young
and a couple, like my Compaq laptop that lasted over 1000 cycles).

I think it's time to get her a nice present of a new battery for her
Treo (or maybe break down and get her a 755?).

Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA

thanks Bill-
she is pretty satisfied with the 600.

I wanted to get the 755 because my 2 year contract has been up for some
time. But when I called Sprint they said $530 less $100 rebate. The
internet has a deal for less than $300, but Sprint said for new customers
only.

The Treo has worked very well for her business purposes.
"William H. Bowen" <wh_bowen@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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"newman" <st74dummy@verizon.net> wrote:

>what is the normal life for a Treo battery?
>
>my wife's treo 600 has been used for over 2 years and I believe the battery
>is getting weak it needs to be charged a couple of times daily.
>
>she uses the phone in her business-it is used a lot.
>
>thanks

Newman,

The typical life for either a NiMH or LiOn battery is 500
discharge/recharge cycles, which works out to about 18 months at 1
cycle/day. Over the last 10 years or so of using both types of
batteries in cell phones, notebooks and such I've experienced this
level of life from these batteries (excepting a few that died young
and a couple, like my Compaq laptop that lasted over 1000 cycles).

I think it's time to get her a nice present of a new battery for her
Treo (or maybe break down and get her a 755?).

Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA