Zen Touch Car Charger Usage Questi

]Hi, I have the Zen Touch and plan on using it mostly in the car. ?All
of my MP3's are at 92kbps and I have the volume set fairly high. ?I
don't want to worry about the Zen's battery running out, so I have
purchased the official car charger (DC through the cigarette lighter)
from Creative. ?
I am wondering if it will be ok to have the car charger plugged in all
the time, both when I am using the Zen and when it is just sitting in
the car, turned off. ?Or, shoulld I just charge it when it needs it's
Is there any real chance of damaging the Zen if I leave the car
charger plugged in most of the time?
TIA.

for most lithium batteries it isnt useful to continusly charge them. I coulnt find an article I read that talks about batteries anyhow this might help
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2309p50id2787.htm
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
Apple has a good tips on batteries for their notebooks and Ipod that may help you as well.

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