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Setting Up
Maximizing battery life
You can increase the life of your Treo battery by following a few easy guidelines.
Remember that battery life depends on how you use your Treo.
• Charge your Treo whenever you’re at your desk. The Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)
battery has a much longer useful life when it is topped off frequently, versus
charging it after it is fully drained.
• The wireless features of your Treo (phone, email, messaging, and Web)
consume more power than its organizer features. However, if you spend a lot
of time using the camera, games, media players, eBooks, or other Palm OS
applications, keep an eye on the battery level and charge when necessary.
• If you don’t plan to use the wireless features on your Treo for a while, you may
want to turn off Wireless Mode (see page 27). You can forward calls to a
different number or let all calls be picked up by voicemail (see page 56).
• As with any mobile phone, if you are in an area with no wireless coverage,
your Treo searches for a signal, which consumes power. If you cannot move to
an area of better coverage, you may wish to temporarily turn off Wireless
Mode.
• Use the keyboard backlight (see page 34) only when you need it. Turn down
the screen brightness (see page 128).
• Decrease the Auto-off setting in General Preferences (see page 136). This turns
off your screen automatically after a shorter period of inactivity.
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