It sure would be nice to be able to charge a second battery outside of the Icon.
----- Original Message ----- From: "tré strother" <strother_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:57 AM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Battery Life
Sticking to the idea of not having an un-ending thread, isn't their acharger for this type of battery? I might be wrong, but I believe that I've seen one. With another $30 or so investment in the extra battery, it mightbe possible. Hay, what a good idea. I might try that. -----Original Message----- From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:41 AM To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Battery Life Well, if he is planning to use wireless a lot during a day, that does cut the usable hours down quite a bit. Granted, without wireless on you get at the very least 6 hours of use and that would carry most people through an entire day, but I know people who have long commutes on top of their work day and could easily have it on longer than the current battery life would support. I'm not looking to start an unending thread, but longer battery life isn't an unreasonable request. I gather there are plans to offer extra batteries, and that could be thesolution if you could charge them outside of the unit. Then, with an extracharged battery, you'd be good to go for the entire day plus. I personally don't want a longer life battery, but having an extra battery would be great. Richard --- -----Original Message----- From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MICHAEL MCCARTY Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:29 AM To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [icon-discuss] Battery Life How much battery life do you need in a day? This thing will run for hours and all you need to charge it is a computer with a USB drive. What would you be using it constantly for? Just curious. Michael McCarty Fred's Head Database Coordinator American Printing House for the Blind Phone: 502 899-2396 Fax: 502 899-2363 Skype: mbmccarty www.aph.org www.FredsHeadCompanion.blogspot.comwd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx 09/06/07 03:12AM >>>Hi list! Please consider increasing the battery life. It is my hope one day to buythe Icon Braills plus to replace the book port and an accessible cell phonewhen the features and international provisions are in place for that to happen. It will be necessary to be certain I can get through an entire dayusing all services between charges if this can happen. I trust this isn't anunrealistic expectation. In the current circumstances, this wouldn't be possible. Cheers, Dave
