Question for OpenMoko: can we please buy just a battery?

[Nick Guenther]

Okay, but let's not get distracted: can we *just* buy a battery?
((Some of us don't have skills with a soldering iron (yet).))

-Nick

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Kyle Bassett <kylebassett at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can second this.  I have used a similar design in some mobile handheld
> prototypes, holds up quite well!  Much more efficient.
>
> -Kyle
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Marcus Bauer <marcus.bauer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > For those with a soldering iron I can recommend mintyboost [1]
> >
> > Works great here, two AA batteries extend the life of the Neo for about
> > two hours.
> >
> > As it is a dumb charger you need to manually activate fast charge,
> > otherwise the Neo will only pull 100mA.
> >
> > Make sure you test the output voltage with a voltmeter before connecting
> > it to the Neo for the first time. Mine gives perfect 5.02V.
> >
> > [1] http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 17:31 -0800, ian douglas wrote:
> > > I raised this question to Michael at SCALE 6x and wanted to publicly ask
> > > it as well but had forgotten until the latest list of messages on the
> > > device-users list about battery life times and charging.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to purchase *just* a battery from you guys?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ian
> >
> >
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