Palm CENTRO User Manual page 21

You must use the battery
IMPORTANT
that came with your smartphone or a
replacement approved by Palm. For info on
replacement batteries, see Replacing the
battery.
Unauthorized batteries cannot power your
Centro smartphone.
You can buy an extra battery as a spare
•
for long plane trips or periods of heavy
use. To purchase batteries that are
compatible with your smartphone, go to
www.palm.com/support.
Charge your smartphone whenever you
•
can. Charge it overnight. The battery
has a much longer useful life when it is
topped off frequently than when it is
charged after it is fully drained.
Wireless and media features consume
•
more power than applications like
Calendar and Contacts. If you use the
phone, speakerphone, email,
messaging, web, camera, media
players, and games a lot, keep an eye
on the battery icon.
If you don't plan to use the wireless
•
features on your smartphone for a
while, turn off your phone (see Turning
your smartphone 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 the
nonwireless features of your
smartphone.
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
•
not using it. See Connecting to a
Bluetooth ® hands-free device.
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