Am I missing something here ?
On the admittedly rare occasion when I pick up my cell phone or my camera, they always seem to be out of battery.
So I charge them and then, when next I pick them up, they are out again.
What am I missing here ?
Should a charge not last a while ? Or am I in a space where charges dissipates ?
The latest to join the line of battery challenged equipment is my portable phone.
Sure, as of late it would send funny "ping" signals after a certain amount of airtime, but how was I to know that this might mean that the battery was about to go dead, which is what I fervently hope is the case at this moment.
Here is what I have learned from a search of the web.
A new telephone will cost about $50.
A new battery--if found--should cost no more than $4 to $5, even here in Mexico.
The trick is, however, to find a place that sells these batteries, and herein lies the challenge.
I know where to buy unlikely thingies for the water pumps, and even where to buy seeds and freshly roasted coffee, but batteries for phones ? No way. And my phone book is six years old and terribly out of date, so where?
Ah, light some candles and hope for the best.
Smoke signals ?