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...and I don't mean "public display of affection".
It's been clear for a few months that the battery is starting to give out. While there is no little door on the back through which the battery might be replaced, there are instructions available as to how to do it. So, I've ordered a replacement battery, a replacement USB cradle (as mine crapped out a few months ago and the USB cable is not really up to the job), two replacement screen protectors, and a wireless infrared keyboard. This should keep it going for a while.
When in Singapore I was looking around for a replacement, and was offered a Palm Treo 750 at a deep discount--Sg$840 as opposed to Sg$1200 (£273.61 as opposed to £390.87, which is similar to the UK price of about £399). However, my contact there, bless him, didn't get the estimate until the day we left, so no Palm Treo 750 for me now.
I now have to get a set of Torx screwdrivers in order to open the back of the Palm to replace the battery. Am I bovvered? I'm not bovvered! I took apart an original iMac in order to replace the memory and install a new hard drive, and was able to do so easily while following pictured instructions from the Internet. It looks like the battery is right on top when you take off the back. All you have to do is remove the battery and install the new one. The downside to this is that you lose all your data, but a backup will (I hope) restore everything lost. I will endeavour to test this out before replacing the battery. I also have several packs of new styli (of course, Palm couldn't be bovvered to standardise its styli, so each one has a different configuration and size.) It'll be almost as good as new.
It's been clear for a few months that the battery is starting to give out. While there is no little door on the back through which the battery might be replaced, there are instructions available as to how to do it. So, I've ordered a replacement battery, a replacement USB cradle (as mine crapped out a few months ago and the USB cable is not really up to the job), two replacement screen protectors, and a wireless infrared keyboard. This should keep it going for a while.
When in Singapore I was looking around for a replacement, and was offered a Palm Treo 750 at a deep discount--Sg$840 as opposed to Sg$1200 (£273.61 as opposed to £390.87, which is similar to the UK price of about £399). However, my contact there, bless him, didn't get the estimate until the day we left, so no Palm Treo 750 for me now.
I now have to get a set of Torx screwdrivers in order to open the back of the Palm to replace the battery. Am I bovvered? I'm not bovvered! I took apart an original iMac in order to replace the memory and install a new hard drive, and was able to do so easily while following pictured instructions from the Internet. It looks like the battery is right on top when you take off the back. All you have to do is remove the battery and install the new one. The downside to this is that you lose all your data, but a backup will (I hope) restore everything lost. I will endeavour to test this out before replacing the battery. I also have several packs of new styli (of course, Palm couldn't be bovvered to standardise its styli, so each one has a different configuration and size.) It'll be almost as good as new.
