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Originally Posted by DougFNJ
Sorry DHBaily, that is inaccurate. This may be helpful to know.
When they are talking about charge cycles, they are referring to charging from completely empty to full.
When you regularly charge from 2 or 3 bars, you are actually extending the battery life. For example, if I charge the battery 2 times from half empty, that counts as 1 charge cycle.
If I charge it from 3/4 full to full, 4 times, those 4 quarter charges equal 1 charge cycle. It is suggested to every once in awhile deplete the battery completely and charge from empty to refresh the battery meters.
I learned this from researching around the internet about my first iPod's battery. With that Class Action Lawsuit against Apple, they had articles and websites about LIon batterys all over the place.
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Thanks for setting me straight -- there is still a finite number of recharge cycles but it's good to know that doing a partial charge isn't use a complete one of those cycles, so recharging one bar a week or once a month for all 4 bars makes no difference.
Now, has anybody read anywhere how many recharge cycles the Sony Reader battery can handle?