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2007-03-07 , 21:46
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Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
If I am reading this discussion correctly, the USB port on the n800 can't be used to charge the n800. I have a USB charger that came with my i-Blue 737 GPS receiver. It outputs 5v at .5 amp. Too bad I can't use it.

What I am really looking for is something called a battery box that hold 4 AA batteries and is used as an emergency charger for a mobile or PDA. I found one at Paden.com that serves this purpose for units that charge through the USB port. The idea is that you insert 4 AA batteries and the device to be charged sucks juice out of the batteries and charges the internal battery. This would come in handy if you were off the grid on a canoe or hiking trip.

The link for it is

http://pdaden.com/shop/cart.php?targ...ategory_id=301

Has anyone heard of anything like this with a 2mm plug?

-- rhackenb
I bought a 4 battery emergency charger for my Archos PMA430 (together with a lot of other stuff for my Archos) from here:
http://www.pjbox.co.uk/Archos%20Accessories.htm
It never worked properly with my 770 (charged only to about 80%), but charges my N800 effortlessly, if a little slower than from an AC outlet. The tip is the "old style" big Nokia tip, but I have a connector with the small, new Nokia tip. I get around two recharges (not from completely zero!) with decent (2.5A) rechargeable AA batteries, or I can keep it plugged in and more than double the N800's battery life (especially nice if I want to play some Internet radio and snooze off).

It's not cheap, but until now it remains the only emergency charger that will charge my N800; none of the cheap, gas station models (they usually take AAA batteries) works. I guess it's got something to do with the charging circuitry in the N800.