What You Should Know About Your Handheld's Battery - Palm 1047ML User Manual

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Palm T|X Handheld
Setting Up Your Handheld and Your Computer

What you should know about your handheld's battery

While your handheld is charging, take a minute to learn about the battery:
Whenever you see an alert on the screen warning you that the battery is low, recharge your
handheld. Also recharge your handheld if it doesn't turn on when you press the power button. So
that your battery doesn't drain completely, your handheld's Wi-Fi functionality and expansion card
slot functionality are automatically turned off when you see a "Low battery" warning message,
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and the Bluetooth wireless technology and infrared (IR) functionality are turned off when you see
a "Critically low battery" warning message.
NOTE
The memory on your handheld is designed to store your information even if the battery
becomes drained to the point that you cannot turn on your handheld. When you recharge your
handheld, all your existing information should appear.
Conserve battery life by doing any of the following:
• Adjust the screen brightness.
• Reduce the Auto-off setting.
• Use Keylock to prevent your handheld from turning on by accident.
• Stop music or video playback when not in use.
• Respond to or cancel alerts promptly.
• Turn off Bluetooth wireless technology and Wi-Fi functionality when not in use.
• If using Auto Sync to automatically retrieve email messages, set the time interval to one hour or
less often.
• Minimize use of the expansion card slot.
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