Palm 500V User Guide - Page 20

2 SETTING UP CHAPTER When your smartphone is on (see Turning your Palm® Treo™ 500v smartphone on/off), the onscreen battery icon displays the charging status: This icon indicates that the battery is being charged. This icon indicates that the battery is fully charged. This icon indicates that the battery needs to be charged immediately. Battery icon DID YOU KNOW? If your battery ever becomes fully drained, your info remains safely stored on your smartphone. Recharge the battery to access your info. TIP You can also charge your smartphone from your computer by connecting them with the sync cable. Maximising battery life Battery life depends on how you use your smartphone. You can maximise the life of your battery by following a few easy guidelines: • Charge your smartphone whenever you're at your desk, or charge it overnight each day. The battery in your smartphone has a much longer useful life if you charge it frequently instead of waiting until it's fully drained. • If you spend a lot of time using the camera, games, media players (including listening to music with wireless headphones using the built-in Bluetooth® wireless technology), or other applications, keep an eye on the battery icon and charge when necessary. • The wireless features (phone, email, messaging, instant messaging, and web) on your smartphone generally consume more power than the organiser features. If you don't plan to use the wireless features on your smartphone for a while, turn off your wireless services (see Turning wireless services on/off). You can forward calls 20 C H A R G I N G T H E B A T T E R Y