Look up Sanyo Eneloops, they are similar to the Hybrio's. I bought some for my D-SLR the other day b/c I was tired of leaving in the regular rechargeable batteries, only to find them almost dead a few days later. So far *knock on wood* the Eneloops have been perfect.
As far as the charger goes, not only would a 10% drop be good, you could go as far as letting the phone tell the charger what to do. i.e. the charger isn't pulling anything while on the wall, you plug in the phone, a circuit is completed, the charge starts, when the phone is full, it tells the charger no more, disconnects the circuit and won't draw more power until at least 10% (maybe programmable by user) power drop and/or the phone is disconnect and reconnect again. You could get even trickier (and really increase charger costs I imagine) and install a small battery in the charger itself that takes over as a maintenance charger once the phone is full. It would be smart enough to only draw the power needed for later maintenance when the phone is plugged in. Lots of easy ideas.
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Baron @ Oct 11th 2006 4:49PM
Look up Sanyo Eneloops, they are similar to the Hybrio's. I bought some for my D-SLR the other day b/c I was tired of leaving in the regular rechargeable batteries, only to find them almost dead a few days later. So far *knock on wood* the Eneloops have been perfect.
As far as the charger goes, not only would a 10% drop be good, you could go as far as letting the phone tell the charger what to do. i.e. the charger isn't pulling anything while on the wall, you plug in the phone, a circuit is completed, the charge starts, when the phone is full, it tells the charger no more, disconnects the circuit and won't draw more power until at least 10% (maybe programmable by user) power drop and/or the phone is disconnect and reconnect again. You could get even trickier (and really increase charger costs I imagine) and install a small battery in the charger itself that takes over as a maintenance charger once the phone is full. It would be smart enough to only draw the power needed for later maintenance when the phone is plugged in. Lots of easy ideas.