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<P>During the day, while at the office, I leave my N800 on and plugged in. On some occasions it's on and plugged in 7x24. I've been running it this way since I bought it in January 8. I've had no problems and the battery life is excellent.</P>
<P>I generally get an easy 5-6 hours. Of course, I also turn my display brightness down very low when I'm unable to charge for whatever reason.<BR>
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Nick.<BR>
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<B>On Tue Jul 10 17:32 , Mike Klein <MKLEIN@VXAPPLIANCE.COM>sent:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #5167c6 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Some comments on 3rd party batter life and recharging below.<BR>
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Larry Battraw wrote:<BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> On 4/2/07, andrei raevsky <<A href="javascript:top.opencompose('raevsky.andrei@gmail.com','','','')">raevsky.andrei@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> 2) Batteries: Nokia's documentation says that once the batteries are</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> charged</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> the unit should be disconnected (same thing for my Nokia phone,</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> BTW). So</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> does that mean that overnight recharge is not an option? Can/should</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> I run</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> the unit without a battery inside when/if I can? The battery life of</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> the</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> unit (and of my Nokia phone) is, alas, rather short. Has anyone tried</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> purchasing a non-Nokia battery for cheaper and possibly with a longer</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> battery life?</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> The notice about disconnecting is from an older era in batteries and</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> is no longer applicable. You can't run without a battery inside.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> It's really just gambling with your tablet to use non-Nokia batteries;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> some do it with success but it seems like battery life is not as much</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> as you'd expect.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">></SPAN><BR>
I purchased a CHEAP (I think $10 or $15) battery from eBay that was<BR>
nokia n800 compatible...on full charge I get at best 4 hours rather than<BR>
7 of nokia standard. Given it was so cheap this isn't a big deal.<BR>
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<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">>> 7) is there a car charger for the N800?</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> It's possible to use a car charger intended for a Nokia phone with</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> the same (small) power tip as opposed to the older 3.5mm size. It's</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> also possible to purchase an adapter to convert the larger tip to the</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">> smaller type used by the n800.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">></SPAN><BR>
I've found best solution is to use cigarette lighter to power either an<BR>
inverter (some come with usb plus 1 or 2 3-prong ac) or usb hub. Since<BR>
N800 isn't chargeable via usb (sigh) you need to get a converter on web<BR>
which turns usb (full) into mini-usb plus the nokia n800 power plug.<BR>
It's a tiny dongle.<BR>
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mike<BR>
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