[geeks] Pointers for iPod battery (3rd Gen)

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jul 16, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>  
wrote:

> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
>> wrote:
>>> I just bought a new battery for my Canon digital camera that claims
>>> almost double the capacity of an original Canon BP511.  Granted the
>>> battery's only been through one or two charge cycles, but so far I
>>> have
>>> not seen evidence of the increased capacity.
>>
>> Might your camera need to be 'trained' to use the full capacity of  
>> the
>> new battery? I remember some laptops required you to drain to "0"  
>> then
>> charge fully and drain again before they 'knew' about the capacity of
>> the new battery...
>
> I don't know of any way to "train" it.  But I do recall reading that
> some lithium-ion batteries require a couple of charge/discharge cycles
> to reach full capacity.

'zactly...

Lionel