[bookport] Re: Battery Usage with Rechargeable Batteries
- From: Peter Rand <peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 06:49:27 +0100
I'm with Walt and Pete here too - I use high-capacity NiMH batteries in
the Book Port, and
having an accurate battery reading would be a big plus.
Peter
Walt Smith wrote:
>I strongly support Pete on this one. I much prefer using NiMH rechargeables
>and while I've sort of managed to figure out their approximate status, it'd
>be really nice if an accurate status reading was possible.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ptorpey" <ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:50 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Battery Usage with Rechargeable Batteries
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>I noticed on the Book Courier web pages that a recent update was to
>include a setting for whether the user was using rechargeable or
>non-rechargeable batteries so that the user could more accurately
>determine how much battery life was left in the unit. I think this
>would be a good addition for a future Bookport upgrade (since the Book
>Courier and Bookport are basically the same hardware).
>I would guess many users (like myself) use rechargeable batteries in
>their Bookports. This is not only less expensive, but more
>environmentally friendly.
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>-- Pete
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