Using Your Treo 700
P
Smartphone
11
Charging the battery
Maximizing battery life
Battery life depends on how you use your smartphone. You can
maximize the life of your battery by following a few easy guidelines:
•
Charge your smartphone whenever you’re at your desk, or charge it
overnight. The Li-Ion battery has a much longer useful life when it is
topped off frequently, versus charging it after it is fully drained.
•
Your smartphone’s wireless features (phone, email, messaging, and
web) and media features (camera, media players, eBooks, and
games) consume more power than its organizer features. If you
spend a lot of time using the wireless and media features, keep an
eye on the battery icon and charge when necessary.
•
If you don’t plan to use the wireless features on your smartphone
for a while, turn off your phone (see
Turning your phone on and off
)
and let all calls be picked up by voicemail.
•
As with any mobile phone, if you are in an area with no wireless
coverage, your smartphone searches for a signal, which consumes
power. If you cannot move to an area of better coverage,
temporarily turn off your phone. While your phone is off, you can
continue to use your smartphone’s nonwireless features.
•
Turn down the screen brightness (see
Adjusting the brightness
).
•
Decrease the settings in Power Preferences and turn off Beam
Receive (see
Optimizing power settings
).
•
Turn off the Bluetooth
®
feature if you’re not using it. See
Connecting
to a Bluetooth headset or car kit
.
Did You Know?
Battery consumption
varies based on
personal usage.
Consumption factors
include signal
strength,
speakerphone usage,
and screen brightness.
Tip
If the battery is fully
drained, it may take a
few moments for the
indicator light to turn
on when you begin
charging.
