Some comments on 3rd party batter life and recharging below. Larry Battraw wrote: > On 4/2/07, andrei raevsky <raevsky.andrei at gmail.com> wrote: >> 2) Batteries: Nokia's documentation says that once the batteries are >> charged >> the unit should be disconnected (same thing for my Nokia phone, >> BTW). So >> does that mean that overnight recharge is not an option? Can/should >> I run >> the unit without a battery inside when/if I can? The battery life of >> the >> unit (and of my Nokia phone) is, alas, rather short. Has anyone tried >> purchasing a non-Nokia battery for cheaper and possibly with a longer >> battery life? > > The notice about disconnecting is from an older era in batteries and > is no longer applicable. You can't run without a battery inside. > It's really just gambling with your tablet to use non-Nokia batteries; > some do it with success but it seems like battery life is not as much > as you'd expect. > I purchased a CHEAP (I think $10 or $15) battery from eBay that was nokia n800 compatible...on full charge I get at best 4 hours rather than 7 of nokia standard. Given it was so cheap this isn't a big deal. > >> 7) is there a car charger for the N800? > > It's possible to use a car charger intended for a Nokia phone with > the same (small) power tip as opposed to the older 3.5mm size. It's > also possible to purchase an adapter to convert the larger tip to the > smaller type used by the n800. > I've found best solution is to use cigarette lighter to power either an inverter (some come with usb plus 1 or 2 3-prong ac) or usb hub. Since N800 isn't chargeable via usb (sigh) you need to get a converter on web which turns usb (full) into mini-usb plus the nokia n800 power plug. It's a tiny dongle. mike
