08-15-2003, 10:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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XDA Owners: Want 63% More Battery Life?
Great news from the guys at PPC Techs!
"We are pleased to release a Hi-Capacity Do-It-Yourself Li-Ion Battery kit for the HTC Pocket PC Phone Series. Our kits include detailed, fully illustrated instructions and all the tools & components needed to update the component being replaced. The standard battery installed in the HTC PPCPE is 1500 mAH. Our Hi-Capacity battery is 1800 mAH which is a 20% increase in capacity. However, our testing is showing a higher capacity run rate due to some adjustments made to the battery interface circuitry.
Based on repeated full charge/discharge cycles on a 64MB unit, the standard battery tested out at 5.5 to 6.5 hours running KeepAlive with the backlight on. Our Hi-Capacity battery has tested out at 9 - 10.5 hours. That is a 63% percent increase! Based on manufacturing tolerances and usage profiles, we are expecting a 25-40% average increase in runtime. The user needs to be aware that installing this kit technically voids the warranty on the unit."
1800 mAH!? 8O The normal extended battery is 1500 mAH, and it allowed me to run the XDA for a VERY long time indeed. This battery will be awesome for extended runtime! If you'd like to save 10% off the normal cost of $119 for this battery kit, use the code "THOUGHTS". [Affiliate]
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08-15-2003, 10:42 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2002
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sounds great but all their stuff is too expensive
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08-15-2003, 10:50 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Increased battery life is always good news, but I find it rediculous that a PDA battery costs almost as much as notebook battery.
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08-15-2003, 11:16 PM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by byteme
Increased battery life is always good news, but I find it rediculous that a PDA battery costs almost as much as notebook battery.
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Why's that? It's a more expensive technology in most PDAs - Lithium Polymer is more expensive than Lithium Ion I believe, and PDA batteries don't have the ecnomy of scale that laptop batteries do. I paid $199 CAN for my laptop battery, which is about $145 US. With the coupon, this is $100, so it's about 30% cheaper than a laptop battery. There is some disparity there considering that my laptop cost me more than 30% over the PDA, but it's not as crazy as it seems when you think about it. :-)
And both of you have to remember you're paying for a human being to custom mod your device - you're not paying for a factory-built product that's cranked out in the 1000's of units.
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08-16-2003, 12:13 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2002
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I think its a do-it-yourself kit...
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08-16-2003, 01:57 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by Cortex
I think its a do-it-yourself kit...
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It is indeed.
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08-16-2003, 10:07 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2002
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I think Jason means that the battery + electronics are assembled by a real person instead of by some robot or so.
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08-16-2003, 03:01 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by SiliconAddict
I think Jason means that the battery + electronics are assembled by a real person instead of by some robot or so.
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Probably, but i still think it's overpriced.
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