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I have started looking and was wondering if HP has addressed the issue of charging replaceable batteries outside the Ipaq.

From my research it looks like the 5500 has the same cradle as the previous models which is a step behind the 2200 (and Axim) cradle with it's spare battery slot and it would appear no alternative charger.

It seems incredible for a high end device that this feature isn't in place and there are no alternatives. I would have thought that the buyers, whether enterprise or geek (or geek enterprise for that matter) of the 5500 are more likely to buy extra batteries and want to keep them charged up. If someboy is using an Ipaq in, say a WIFI stock control system, in a warehouse, it would seem to make sense to allow them to simply swap batteries due to the limited run time of the Ipaq when using WIFI.

I use multiple batteries on both my laptop and mobile phone and find it invaluable to be able to continue using that device and simply pick up a fully charged battery to replace it.