[bookport] Re: Battery Types for Book Port
- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:17:08 -0400
Rob -
Can you please provide some kind of technical basis for this recommendation?
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 8:52 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Battery Types for Book Port
Our position on rechargeable batteries has not changed. We recommend =
alkaline batteries.
>>> visionworldwide@xxxxxxxxx 08/14/04 10:22PM >>>
The manual indicates that the manufacturer does not recommend use of=20
rechargeable batteries with the Book Port. Is that still the case?
Pat Price
At 10:21 AM 8/5/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>I almost always use rechargeable batteries with my Bookport. The
>battery life is fine, I save money, and the environment wins!
>
>The battery monitor is a bit off with rechargeable batteries (they start
>"fresh" at around 70% and linger in the 50's for a bit), but once you
>have this calibrated, they are fine.
>
>-- Pete
>
>Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 09:54:32 -0400
>From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [bookport] Re: One more suggestion
>
>Why would you want to add that complexity to the product, especially
>given =3D the fact that the battery life is awesome and that you would
>then have to =3D also include international voltage support?
>
>
> >>> clarence@xxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, August 04, 2004 9:52:17 AM >>>
>Larry and guys for the cheap amongst us how about in a future
>hardware=3D20 revision that we have the ability to use an AC adapter.
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