No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

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So - would you buy a Powerpak (a replaceable battery that can be indctively charged using a Powermat) for N900 if it was available, are you in two minds or would you give it a miss?

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

Aren't the N900 using the same battery as one of the other phones they have plans for? I'm not entirely sure.

If they're not too expensive, yeah.

EDIT: Apparently they manufacture a special battery door / case, and not just a special battery.

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

If they could it last longer (more mAh) then definitely, otherwise I probably wouldn't see the point imo

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

Definatley, its made for people like me, I am as lazy as they come!

Really like the Palm Pres Touchstone and that has awful battery life as well.

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

I think even if they were slightly lower capacity the increased ease of charging (just put it down) would mean you didn't notice the difference.

I'd have a single device Powermat at work and a single or two device mat at home in which case the device would be on charge most of the day instead of being on charge only when I notice it getting a bit low and I have to fuss with the (potentially dodgy) USB connector.

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

where did you manage to find some specs?

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

Your right, n900 uses the same battery as the 5800 Xpress music....But then again, as you imply, the n900 would probably need a new back casing to support the battery...

Hopefully powermat would see the advantage and sell a new battery casing for the n900.

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

Interesting, think we would need to tell them though

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

Yeah, the N900 BL-5J is used by the 5800 Express and X6, both of which will be supported by a Powerpak battery.

However since the back cover needs to include some sort of inductive coil and an electrical connection from the back cover to the battery there's a possibility that the "back cover" will be fully integrated with the battery (ie. one component) and thus bespoke for each device. That would mean producing a combined battery/back cover (ie. Powerpak) only for high volume devices, which the N900 probably isn't.

Then again, assuming the back cover and battery are indeed separate components why not just sell the inductive version of the BL-5J separately from the back cover, and charge a decent price for the N900 back cover that covers any cost of a relatively short run - they'll still make a nice profit selling lots of power mats! :)

Re: No Powermat inductive charging for N900 planned
 

Then again, having looked at the pictures in this post which documents with photographs how to replace the N8 battery I'm really not sure how Powermat intend to support the N8 unless the Powerpak battery is the entire inductive charging system with no replacement back cover required (in which case an X6/5800 Powerpak should work with the N900, unless there are other technical issues outstanding).

It certainly doesn't look like you can easily replace the back cover on the N8 (note that in the article they switch between a blue and black N8 in the photographs).