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Originally Posted by brecklundin View Post
dude,

You can get that same battery on eBay for about $6.50 including shipping on eBay. I just ordered two from Hong Kong last night and with shipping the total was something like $13.50ish, for TWO.

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Actually they are comming from Brooklyn, NY...even better!! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=019)

It was the charger coming from Hong Kong...

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The guys here pointed me toward eBay to find an external battery charger. Got one of those also, it came with a knock-off battery I am not sure I will trust. So not I will have a total of THREE (4 counting the knock-off brand-x) batteries for the N800 and a charger. And the extra batteries + charger cost me about $35 total with shipping.

So I think I am set...now I just have actually buy the N800...hehehehe...I know I do everything bassakwards. I had the extended battery for my NX9420 a month before I bought the laptop. Gotta buy based on the deal of the moment.

I just wanted to follow-up on the eBay Nokia batteries. I got them and they are w/o doubt used/referb's. Which in one case was fine and in the other not great. One lasts about 80% as long as the brand new battery and the other I might get a totaly of 6hrs of non-demanding use. Still for the cost it's fine by me. But the seller should actually mention these are not new batteries. I did add feedback that the batteries are used, not that anyone seems to bother th read feedback.

BTW, the reason I did not leave a neutral or a neg is the seller was very responsive to my emails asking about the batteries. He did, however tiptoe around the issue of new vs. used/referb/returns. So I left the good old Positive-Negative. He also left feedback first which does tell me he is not an awful guy to deal with...and I do not feel cheated at all...for the $13ish I got a good 10hrs of internat extra power for the tablet.

Now the external charger I bought from a different seller...it's GREAT...charges quickly with one quirk, the slot for the battery is a tad too large and the battery can make poor contact with the power leads. So, I used a folded old credit card as a wedge to hold it securely in place. I always knew those old credit cards would come in handy one day!!

Oh, the battery which came with the charger...it's a POS...I might get a whole hour of power from it...but I was not buying for the battery just the charger.

Sure wish Nokia or some 3rd party would design a different back plate so a larger capacity battery could be used. I would not mind of the tablet was as thick as the camera bulge...sure would leave enough space for a almost 2x sized battery and with LiON Poly that means almost 2x the capacity...it would be that way in a perfect world.
 

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