Hello:
The BrailleNote's battery is soldered in place.
This makes the connection very secure and stable,
but the replacement more difficult.
From what I've heard the battery is just a series of
AA batteries soldered in parallel.
I'm of mixed minds about doing this. If I didn't
think that Humanware will be offering a newer
hardware version of the BrailleNote soon and hoping
to have an upgrade to that product I would not
hesitate to go to a battery shop; as it is, I'm
letting my battery life drain ever more quickly.
Best of luck.
JD Townsend
Helping the light dependent to see.
Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda <[email protected]
To: jd <[email protected]>,
[email protected],
[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:31:31 -0500
Subject: re: [Braillenote] Battery Life
JD, I don't have a blue tooth, so know nothing about
how those
settings work. Can you tell me what settings I
should check?
That's interesting that other places can replace
the battery. I
know we have a Battery Plus in our city, or at least
did last I
knew. Does it take some special skill to change
this battery? Is
that why Humanware wants to do it?
Linda ----- Original Message -----
From: jd <[email protected]
To: Linda <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Date sent: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:54:26 -0400
Subject: re: [Braillenote] Battery Life
Hi Linda:
Check out to find if bluetooth may be on. This
would drain your battery more quickly.
The battery life gets shorter over it's life, it
lasts a very long time first, then slowly starts to
drain more quickly.
Some folks have gone to their local battery shop and
had them replace the battery a half of the
Humanware price and in a few hours.
In my limited experience Humanware needs your
BrailleNote for four to eight weeks including
shipping time
JD Townsend
Helping the light dependent to see.
Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda <[email protected]
To: Braillenote <[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:10:23 -0400
Subject: [Braillenote] Battery Life
Hello, hello everyone!
A question. My BrailleNote was fully charged and I
unplugged it
at about 11:00 this morning. I did not download or
upload email.
I took some notes for about a half hour. Then I
used it another
half hour at about 1:00p to refer to my notes. Then
I wrote on
it for three hours straight from 2:00 to 5:00.
That's all I've
done, and my battery is at 60 percent. I've had my
BrailleNote a
year, but I do use it a lot without it being plugged
in. I don't
leave my wireless card in, just my SD card. When
will I have to
have my battery replaced and how much does that
cost? And how
long do they keep it? I guess we can't just order a
battery and
put it in, right?
Linda
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