i just set up a new viewing area in my home. in the process i found the perfect end table for beside my easy chair. it allows me to have the cradle right beside me with the nevo in PERFECT reach, in fact i rarely pick it up anymore. a little off track but i also have my wireless keyboard and mouse on the other side, and i feel a little bit like George Jetson!! lol

will this mess up my battery life at all by not allowing it to drain?

Hi Christian -

I will take a shot at your question - In dealing with batteries for about 39 years in my time with RadioShack - ALL batteries have so many charge cycles in them. NO matter if is a battery for your car, cell phone, wireless phone at home, laptop battery - well you get the idea.

These number of charge cycles are going to vary from one battery to the next - even if they are used in EXACTLY the same make/model device.

I am not sure how the Nevo device charging system device is setup - but in most cases a charging devive will charge till the battery is totally charged and then cut off. The problem with that is ANY rechargeble battery no matter the type will dissapate its charge normally when not used for a period of time. Then the charger will sense the battery needs to be charged and will start the process over again - hence we have another charge cycle.

The battery in the Nevo is if I am correct a Lithium Ion. This type of battery DOES not have the problem with devloping a memory as the old NiCad batteries did - but they still only have so many CHARGE CYCLES. The charge cycle on the Nevo battery may be so high that all this trivia does not matter.

Having said all that maybe Dave or someone more familiar with the Nevo may have better info.

Ted

i was thinking along the same lines, wondering if even though its only off for a couple minutes it would count as a charge and reduce the battery life. or worse "remember" a 5 minute life span! i could always unplug the cradle while i'm using it and plug it in again each night...?

Guys,

The battery in the Nevo is Lithium-ion, which is a low-weight battery and does not have a memory, like earlier nickel-cadmium batteries. It does not care how long it is in the charger versus if it is depleted or not, before charging again. Like Ted indicated, it does have an optimum life, just like any other battery, which should be on average, about 1.5 years, based upon my experience.

Dave

...then what?

Then you will probably have to take it apart and put a new battery in. I guess...

Dave

i was wondering the same thing -is it going to be like an Ipod where i have to send it in to the manufacturer to have the battery changed? i dont see anyway to get inside this thing!

Hi Christian -

If you are like me - in a year and a half - you will be on the Nevo SL Mark II. I do not think I have ever replaced a battery in something like this - I generally get a new toy before then.

Ted

LOL - yup i am like you. i'm actually already looking forward to my next remote... like you say, probably a couple yrs down the road i think there will be some good competition for the nevo -or like you mentioned an even cooler version of the nevo itself!

LOL - You guys are typical remote nerds...heheee. Of course you are also my perfect clients...Dave