What’s the Deal with Cell Phone Batteries?

The Lobby has an interesting post on cell phone batteries, which are sort of like the Meghan L. O’Sullivan of modern technology: critically important and seldom recognized.

I, for one, am a big fan of power cycling my cell phone battery regularly, especially when it’s brand new. You’ve got to run that battery down and then charge it all the way up at least three times when it comes out of the packaging. I try to power cycle it at least once a month after that. Plugging it in to the adapter every time you come through the door will only decrease your battery life long-term.