What is claimed is:
1. A battery holder for substitution of a first power source for a second power source, said battery holder comprising:
a first compartment for holding a battery; and
a second compartment for holding an element for prolonging the useful life of a battery in said first compartment, said second compartment adapted for allowing said element to be optionally installed therein and wherein said battery holder will supply power from an installed battery even when said element has not been installed.
2. A battery holder of claim 1 wherein said first power source is a battery having a particular chemistry and wherein said battery installed in said first compartment has a chemistry different from said first chemistry.
3. A battery holder of claim 1 wherein said element is a capacitor.
4. A battery holder of claim 1 wherein said capacitor has sufficient capacitance to prolong the life of a battery in said first compartment when high instantaneous loads are applied to said battery.
5. A battery holder of claim 4 wherein said capacitance is approximately 5-10 farrads.
6. A battery holder of claim 1 wherein said second compartment is designed to electrically couple an installed element in parallel with said battery in said first compartment.
7. A battery holder of claim 1 wherein said battery holder has a physical size substantially similar to the size of said first power source.
8. The method of substituting a secondary power source for a primary power source where the two power sources have different operating characteristics, said method comprising the steps of:
removing said primary battery source from a battery location having a particular size;
inserting into said battery location a holder having contained within said holder said secondary power source, said holder having substantially said particular size; and
optionally positioning within said holder a high capacitance capacitor electrically connected in parallel with said secondary power source.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein said secondary power source is a battery.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein said battery is a general purpose battery.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein said primary power source is a battery having a different chemistry from said secondary power source battery.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein said primary power battery is a lithium metal primary or lithium ion battery.
13. An alternative power source for use in equipment, said source optionally connectable to said equipment from time to time; said power source comprising
means for supporting said alternative power source when said source is removed from said equipment;
said supporting means including means for accepting said alternative power source and also accepting a separate device;
means for electrically connecting an accepted separate device in parallel with said alternative power source; and
means for connecting said alternative power source to said equipment when said supporting means is used with said equipment.
14. The alternative power source of claim 13 wherein said equipment includes a receptacle for accepting said alternate power source, said receptacle having a specific physical structure and wherein said supporting means has a physical structure for properly mating with said receptacle.
15. The alternative power source of claim 14 wherein the primary power source of said equipment has a physical structure for properly mating with said receptacle, and wherein said primary power source and said supporting means are physically interchangable with respect to said receptacle.
16. The alternative power source of claim 13 wherein said primary power source is a lithium metal primary or lithium ion battery.
17. The alternative power source of claim 13 wherein said alternative power source is at least one nickel metal hydride, alkaline, or lithium-iron disulfide battery.
18. The alternative power source of claim 13 wherein said separate device is a capacitor.
19. The alternative power source of claim 18 wherein said capacitor has relatively high capacitance.
20. The alternative power source of claim 18 wherein said capacitor is a small volume chemical capacitor.
21. The method of adding life to battery powered equipment, said method comprising the steps of:
inserting into a receptacle in said equipment, a high energy capacitor; and
temporarily locking said inserted capacitor into said equipment so that said battery becomes temporarily electrically connected in parallel with said equipment battery.
22. The method of claim 21 wherein said capacitor is a chemical capacitor.
23. The method of claim 21 wherein said equipment receptacle is only temporarily positioned in juxtaposition with said equipment.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of enabling input on a handheld electronic device that comprises an output apparatus, an input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members, and a processor apparatus comprising a memory having stored therein a number of routines, one of the routines being a prediction routine that is executable on the processor apparatus and is structured, responsive to an input, to output a number of proposed completions of the input, each proposed completion comprising a number of data elements additional to the input, the method comprising:
detecting an input member actuation editing a displayed text object that was generated as a result of an ambiguous text input;
when the input member actuation reflects a deletion of a character from the displayed text object, outputting a first list comprising a number of disambiguated interpretations of the ambiguous text input excluding the deleted character, the first list being free of proposed completions;
when the input member actuation reflects an addition to the displayed text object at a location disposed at the terminal end of the displayed text object, outputting a second list comprising a number of disambiguated interpretations and a number of proposed completions of the ambiguous text input plus the input member actuation; and
when the input member actuation reflects an addition to the displayed text object at a location disposed elsewhere than at the terminal end of the displayed text object, outputting a third list comprising a number of disambiguated interpretations of the ambiguous text input plus the input member actuation, the third list being free of proposed completions.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, responsive to the input member actuation reflecting the addition at the location disposed at the terminal end, or elsewhere than at the terminal end, of the displayed text object, reinitiating a terminated text entry session with respect to the ambiguous text input.
3. A handheld electronic device comprising:
a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory having stored therein a number of routines, one of the routines being a prediction routine that is executable on the processor and is structured, responsive to an input, to output a number of proposed completions of the input, each proposed completion comprising a number of data elements additional to the input;
an input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members and being structured to provide input to the processor apparatus;
an output apparatus structured to receive output signals from the processor apparatus;
the memory further having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations comprising:
detecting an input member actuation editing a displayed text object that was generated as a result of an ambiguous text input;
when the input member actuation reflects a deletion of a character from the displayed text object, outputting a first list comprising a number of disambiguated interpretations of the ambiguous text input excluding the deleted character, the first list being free of proposed completions;
when the input member actuation reflects an addition to the displayed text object at a location disposed at the terminal end of the displayed text object, outputting a second list comprising a number of disambiguated interpretations and a number of proposed completions of the ambiguous text input plus the input member actuation; and
when the input member actuation reflects an addition to the displayed text object at a location disposed elsewhere than at the terminal end of the displayed text object, outputting a third list comprising a number of disambiguated interpretations of the ambiguous text input plus the input member actuation, the third list being free of proposed completions.
4. The handheld electronic device of claim 3 wherein the operations further comprise, responsive to the input member actuation reflecting the addition at the location disposed at the terminal end, or elsewhere than at the terminal end, of the displayed text object, reinitiating a terminated text entry session with respect to the ambiguous text input.