[GoodThings2Life]

My goodness people, simmahdownnah! No point becoming hostile towards each other for trying to help.

The interpretation of the whole mess is very confusing to people, but it's very simple and can be summed up simply:

They aren't prone to the conditioning issues of older Nickle batteries, so it means that you do NOT need to drain it fully, frequently before trying to charge it up again (though doing so on occasion is not a bad thing either). Why? It is better to do partial charges BECAUSE you get approximately 400-500 FULL CHARGES before the battery cells begin to deteriorate (so 1000 partial charges is better compared to 500 full charges). Also, and keeping it on the charger will not hurt it, but extreme heat will hurt it, so if you do experience overheating, have the phone or battery replaced.

Bottom line: your battery life expectancy is based on the number of full charges, and there is no way around this fact, it is just the way the technology works. My advice: fully discharging once a day will give you ~1.5-2 years of life, so most people won't even need to worry about it unless they're doing full charges multiple times per day.

EDIT: There is, however, one major caveat to this technology, however. ALL Li-Ion batteries, no matter how they're used, begin to deteriorate from day one of manufacturing, and they do so at a rate of approx. 10-20% per year. So, by doing 1 full charge every day, you'll still lose enough life that it may become annoying during your 2nd year with a device.