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From a recent e-post re the Palm V:
"KEEPING THE POWER ON IN THE CRADLE
by Steve Niles, PalmPower Magazine

One of the advantages of a device with a rechargeable power supply as opposed to one requiring external batteries is that you can leave it in the cradle while you work. If you were to leave a PalmPilot Professional or Palm m100 in its cradle, the device's two AAA batteries would quickly drain."

I thought that this "drain" was disproved, both in this Visor forum and in Palm forums I have seen. I had a PPro before my VDX and didn't think it was an issue. It sat in the cradle for 5-6 hours each day. Its replacement (for my bride) is a Palm IIIxe (Visors would not have fit in where she works).

I have 3 Qs:
1) Does Steve just want us all to switch to a rechargable platform?

2) Is there a real battery drain design flaw?

3) Did he post this because he subscribes to an urban legend?

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Originally posted by bjornsen
From a recent e-post re the Palm V:
"KEEPING THE POWER ON IN THE CRADLE
by Steve Niles, PalmPower Magazine

One of the advantages of a device with a rechargeable power supply as opposed to one requiring external batteries is that you can leave it in the cradle while you work. If you were to leave a PalmPilot Professional or Palm m100 in its cradle, the device's two AAA batteries would quickly drain."

I thought that this "drain" was disproved, both in this Visor forum and in Palm forums I have seen. I had a PPro before my VDX and didn't think it was an issue. It sat in the cradle for 5-6 hours each day. Its replacement (for my bride) is a Palm IIIxe (Visors would not have fit in where she works

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One of the advantages of a device with a rechargeable power supply as opposed to one requiring external batteries is that you can leave it in the cradle while you work.

I find that while at work, it would be counter-productive to leave my VISOR in the cradle as I actually use it for refrence/notes throughout the day, this means it needs to be ON MY PERSON, not sitting in a cradle 3 ft away (or down the hall). In my real life, the recharge would probably occur at night....

Again, give me AAA's or a swappable battery pack, it's much more comforting.

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