PDA batteries

[paulGY]

Hi, I'm looking for my first sat nav pda system, on reading some reviews certain pda's dont have removable batteries' my question is what do you do when the rechargeable battery starts to fail, does it have to go back to the dealer and if so will it be expensive. I like the look of the Mitac Mio 168 and the review says battery cannot be changed by the user.


Regards
Paul

[icsys]

You are correct. The Mitac Mio 168 has a 1350 mAh Lithium Ion battery that is not user replaceable. That's a good capacity battery, and the Mio needs it to power the GPS, though of course you can use the included car charger when using the GPS for trips.

The Lithium-ion is a low maintenance battery. There is no memory accumulation and no scheduled cycling is required to prolong the battery's life. In general they have 1000 discharge/charge cycles. This is however highly dependent of how the battery is used.

Batteries can only be replaced by returning your device to your dealer. Any attempt to replace the battery yourself will result in a loss of all waranty. As for the cost of replacement, I've no idea.

HTH
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Ian.
iPAQ 2210 | Navman 4100 BT Receiver
Navman iCN 635
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[DavidW]

I've still got my September 2002 vintage iPAQ h3970. It was used heavily until November 2004, when it became a second line device behind my new iPAQ hx4700.

The h3970 has a Li-Polymer main battery - not user replaceable. That's pretty much the same type of battery as Li-Ion, and leaving the iPAQ cradled when possible when it wasn't in use, I haven't noticed any deterioration of the battery.


I'd suspect that if you're not running the battery flat regularly (which Li-Ion batteries hate), you're unlikely to notice significant deterioration in the battery for at least a couple of years - by which point you may feel it better to upgrade to newer equipment rather than spending the money for a new battery in an old device.



David

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