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To: Gary Kao who wrote (154037)	1/6/2002 5:47:37 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) of 186894

"The ipaq has a warranty that's longer than one year?!" Apparently Compaq allows a 90 day grace period. However, that still doen't explain my case because the guy says my warranty is in effect until the end of March 2002. Maybe it's a quanti-warranty... The battery is built-in, LiIon polymer's are made in a sheet, and in the iPaq it's essentially the size of the back and it is laid flat against it. While that has some nasty aspects, i.e. it's difficult to replace, it does make the unit very slim. The downside of the batteries chemistry is that if you fully discharge it, you reduce it's capacity. It's not a whole lot, but if you regularly run the battery flat you will reduce it to less than 80% of it's original capacity. Or it might die completely. It is best to recharge it more frequently than you would a NiCad or NiMH battery. Oh, and be careful of getting it hot, on the iPaq if the backlight (it's a fluorescent) is left on full intensity for an extended period, the electrolyte from the battery will evaporate, resulting in it's death also. Batteries are just getting too complicated...

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