I got my N800 yesterday and I inserted a fully charged battery from a failed Nokia 9500 which I had been using as a spare for my N770. I then placed the new N800 battery into my N770 to charge it and then got on playing with the N800.

All well and good until this morning when I decided to swap the batteries over to place the new one into the N800. Now on the N770 this is a very simple matter but on the new N800 I can't get my fingernail into any gap to lever the battery out. There does not seem to be a recess to allow this. I haven't been brave enough to get a knife or screwdriver to it yet but I would be very grateful for any tips from someone if any of you would care to check it out for me. Please don't do anything silly though I'd never sleep again if I thought I was responsible for one of your Tablets going flying across the room.

It's no great problem, I can carry on using the old battery but it had been used for over two years in my 9500 and I did find a spare useful on slightly longer trips to save carrying a charger.

I hope someone has a solution for this, maybe I am missing a trick with my nervousness at handling the new gadget.

Cheers
Darryl

Yeah, you've touched on one of my peeves too.

Some have told me they tap the edge of the device against their palm to knock the battery out. Others are using thin plastic utensils to pry them out. Regardless, that design could have been much better.

It is a very tight fit - I just hope it won't prove necessary to remove it often, the only times I had to do so where when my 770 locked up solid.

To remove my N800 battery I used a craft knife to ease the battery out. Insert the blade under the lip on the battery at the opposite end to the electrical contacts, and use the side of the N800 case as a lever in order to pop the battery out by a couple of millimetres. You can then pull it out completely with your fingers.

I may think about attaching a plastic strip of plastic to the underside of the battery which will allow easier extraction in future.

How about supergluing a short strip of plastic to the topside of the battery, leaving three quarters unglued as a handle?

Thanks for the replies. I eventually removed the battery with my fingernail but it almost made my eyes water. The tips about using a plastic strip seem a very good idea in case the N800 ever does lock up. So far I am very pleased with mine. It seems far more capable than the 770, the pdf viewer can now handle a large multi page document where as my 770 used to struggle with single pages. I am just slightly dissapointed that some media file formats / codecs are still not supported but we can't have everything can we.

All the best.
Darryl

Some people I know wrap some packing tape around it and leave a small piece on the top to grab. Of course, this can make the cover fit tight, but then, given that some people report their's is loose that might not be a bad thing.

Here is a simple way to remove the battery. Simply insert the corner of a plastic credit card under the space between the battery and case opposite the contacts. Quick, easy, and safe.

Thwump! is how I do it; it's really not bad, considering how often I pull the battery, but plainly suboptimal.

Yeah, this is exactly how I do it. Tap the edge lightly on your palm until it pops out. Takes 1 or 2 taps, but works every time.

You whack it on your palm? I figured you whacked it on some n00b's head. ;p