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Battery life
Battery life depends on usage. When used as a phone, your Treo smartphone battery
provides up to 5 hours of talk time or up to 300 hours of standby time.
Maximizing battery life
You can increase the life of your battery by following a few easy guidelines.
Remember that battery life depends on how you use your smartphone.
• Charge your smartphone whenever you’re at your desk, or charge it overnight. The
Li-Ion battery in your smartphone has a much longer useful life when it is topped
off frequently, versus charging it after it is fully drained.
• The wireless features (phone, email, SMS, and web) of your smartphone generally
consume more power than its organizer features. However, if you spend a lot of
time using the camera (if included), games, media players, eBooks, or other Palm
OS applications, keep an eye on the battery icon and charge when necessary.
• If you don’t plan to use the wireless features on your smartphone for a while, you
may want to turn off your phone (see “Turning your phone on and off” on page 14).
You can let all calls be picked up by voicemail.
• As with any mobile phone, if you are in an area with no wireless coverage, your
Treo smartphone searches for a signal, which consumes power. If you cannot
move to an area of better coverage, temporarily turn off your phone.
• Turn down the screen brightness (see “Adjusting the brightness” on page 143).
• Decrease the Auto-off setting in Power Preferences (see “Power Preferences” on
page 150). This turns off your screen automatically after a shorter period of
inactivity.
• Turn off the Bluetooth
®
wireless technology if it is not being used. See
“Connecting to devices with Bluetooth® wireless technology.”
IMPORTANT: You must
charge your smartphone
fully before using it the first
time. Wait until the
indicator light turns solid
green, which may take
up to 4 hours.
If the battery drains to
the point where your
smartphone doesn’t turn
on, the device stores your
info safely until you
recharge the battery. To
avoid draining the battery,
charge and synchronize
your smartphone every day,
especially if you use your
phone often.
If the battery is fully
drained, it may take a few
moments for the indicator
light to turn on while
charging.
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