I bought the Nokia N800 two weeks ago. It was initially charged for 6 hours and then I turned it on. I upgraded the OS to 2008. And immediately started surfing the net with joy. I also joined Rhapsody's service so I could stream music through the tablet and found it to be a great enjoyable experience.

And then on the following day, my Nokia N800 would not charge. It was dead as dead could be. I searched these forums looking for answers. Trying several different tricks: swapping the battery out, putting it in the freezer and placed it next to a candle of St Jude Thaddeus. Nothing worked.

So I contacted Nokia sent in the tablet with the battery and power cable and explained my situation. Within a week's time, a new unit was sent backed to me with the old battery. Guess what? It doesn't charge. So I called up Nokia to get an explanation. They told me that I need to ship the battery now to another location and wait another week to get a new battery. WTF! = my immediate reaction. I am irritated to say the least with my current Nokia n800 situation.

So being impatient and really wanting to use the tablet. I searched for overnight shipping of a battery. Radio Shack has a BP-5L battery. Great. Called them up to purchase the battery and they will ship it to my house the next day for $30. Great.

But I just noticed something about an hour later after purchasing the battery that it says on their website that it is BP-5L 3.6V, 1300mAh. Will this work with the Nokia n800? Please could someone help me?

Here is a link to the battery:
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-lenmar-...i-2439445.html

Thank You

Battery looks correct. They say in Radioshack web site that it fits to Nokia 770, so it will fit to N800 as well since they have same battery.

Thank you. I will not cancel my order and wait impatiently for my internet tablet surfing to begin.

Well the battery was delivered today but unfortunately I am at work right now. I won't be able to test out the battery until I get home. Maybe I will be able to use my tablet after a month of waiting.

Oooh, umm... you should be careful with unofficial batteries, there have been various cases of them exploding. Some of them were even disguised as official batteries and sold as counterfeits.

I would switch over to the official replacement battery when you eventually get it.

This is very true, though Lenmar products in general receive favorable reviews and should rank well above the average no-name fake off eBay.

I bought a spare battery (Nokia branded) which turned out to be a 1300mAh, it works just fine in my tablet - with maybe a very slightly reduced life compared to the 1500mAh that shipped as standard.

I charged up the battery and my tablet now works. Wew hoo! The n800 is now permanently inches away from my eager hands. Though after reading about the exploding battery, I am a little worried. But after waiting over three weeks to use the tablet, I think I will take my chances.

Is the 2008 OS worth the upgrade?

Yes, it is.

absolutely.