Battery Life on my Palm z22

Did some hunting around the web for forums or help pages about the Palm z22, found a few, and then started to get a little annoyed with the overall tone of a lot of those people. Those of us who don't require the very latest gadget, and who don't feel an urge to push our z22 to the very limits could be forgiven for thinking our favourite gadget has some serious flaws. Pity the poor soul wanting to buy one who reads these forum posts and then blows their budget buying a pda that won't do any more for them.

One of the comments I read, which I won't link to because of its language content, seems to imply the Palm z22 has terrible battery life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Read this review for some benchmarks on the battery use. Note the author's comment that under normal use our little gadget could reliably run for many weeks without a charge.

More significantly though, the little Palm z22 doesn't lose any of its memory or settings if the battery does go flat. That is a real selling feature for me. I would not want to lose all my contacts or calendar entries because I forget to charge the battery.

Lastly, if like me you hotsync your z22 with your pc, did you know your battery is automatically trickle charged in the process? See the little lightning indicator at the top of the screenshot, the one sitting over the battery, that shows my battery is being charged.