iPAQ 3660 battery life?

[phatmonkey]

The ipaq website seems to claim the 3600 series has a battery life of about 10 hours. I have an ipaq 3660 which i recently got off ebay, but the battery only lasts for around 2 hours with the backlight off.
Is the battery dead or is the ipaq website wrong?
Thanks
ben

[PR.]

The battery sounds knackered, you can get hold of replacements if you are confident on opening the device up and taking out the old one...

[Kati Compton]

Batteries tend to lose capacity after 18 months or 2 years.

[Janak Parekh]

Indeed, it sounds dead. My original 3650 probably got somewhere near 8-10 hours or so with the backlight off when it was in mint condition.

Pocket PC Techs (www.ppctechs.com) is one of the companies that sells replacements. They'll ship you a battery with replacement instructions, or, if you're uncomfortable with opening your iPAQ, you can ship it to them.

--janak

[phatmonkey]

Oh dear..... oh well, I was aware af the risks of buying on ebay! I have sent an email to the guy who sold it to me to see if he knows anything.

Another problem though... I think this is a limitation of the ipaq rather than problem. When playing driving games etc, I cannot seem to hold down two buttons at once.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Ben