New Extended Battery for Palm Pre

[biseroner]

Has anyone ordered this new extended battery? Do you recommend getting it? I dont mind the added bulk but I wanna wait until they get a touchstone backing that will work...

here is the link... http://www.seidioonline.com/product-...26pmpre-bk.htm

[defamed01]

I saw that, but I figured I'd wait as well, otherwise the $70 I spent on the Touchstone would be a waste of money. I'm thinking that perhaps I would go with the 1350 mah battery Seidio has in the meantime.

[biseroner]

Originally Posted by defamed01

I saw that, but I figured I'd wait as well, otherwise the $70 I spent on the Touchstone would be a waste of money. I'm thinking that perhaps I would go with the 1350 mah battery Seidio has in the meantime.

I heard that the Palm pre has a smart battery or something like that... I know that an older phone's battery will fit the pre but palm doesn't recommend it... will this seidio battery be something that palm approves?

[rambrush]

I did a 350 mile trip yesterday and the pre was fully charged. When I got home last night it was down to 40% on the battery. I only made a couple of calls plus it was checking on e-mails every 15 minutes. So I take it it was spending a lot of juice searching for signal along the way, thus I ordered the Seidio battery last night as 60% loss in 1 day is not going to cut the mustard. The touchstone will just have to sit on the shelf for now.

[biseroner]

Originally Posted by rambrush

I did a 350 mile trip yesterday and the pre was fully charged. When I got home last night it was down to 40% on the battery. I only made a couple of calls plus it was checking on e-mails every 15 minutes. So I take it it was spending a lot of juice searching for signal along the way, thus I ordered the Seidio battery last night as 60% loss in 1 day is not going to cut the mustard. The touchstone will just have to sit on the shelf for now.

What battery are you talking about? Do you have the 1350 Mah battery? Thanks for you feed back...

[a1aone]

I have touchstone, would this battery work with my cover?

[sanmanc]

Originally Posted by a1aone

I have touchstone, would this battery work with my cover?

Nope. Here is the description:

Seidio invests in extensive research to find the best and most powerful battery components on the market. We carefully select top quality Japanese cells for our batteries to ensure the highest level of safety, quality, and performance. Our research, knowledge, and expertise give us the ability to create batteries that provide maximum capacity in their comparable space. This large capacity Innocell Extended Life Battery is for the avid traveler who can't always get to a charger. It has 90% more capacity than the original battery and comes with a door in black with Seidio's signature soft touch coating. Even with heavy phone and data usage, this battery will keep you charged and ready to go.

- Made from the highest quality Japanese cells
- Comes with a replacement door in black with Seidio's signature soft touch coating
- Adds only about 4mm to your device
- Keeps your phone charged and ready to go, even with heavy phone and data usage
- Smooth, rubberized cover follows the contour of the original battery cover; no awkward "hump" on the back
- This battery cover is NOT compatible with the Touchstone Charging Dock

[rambrush]

Originally Posted by biseroner

What battery are you talking about? Do you have the 1350 Mah battery? Thanks for you feed back...

Yes the 1350 stocker that is why I am switching up if it uses that much juice when I have Bluetooth and wifi off.

[alan7467]

Originally Posted by rambrush

Yes the 1350 stocker that is why I am switching up if it uses that much juice when I have Bluetooth and wifi off.

If you're talking about the stock Palm battery that'd be 1150mAh.

I've heard that the stock Palm battery uses really cheap cells. I'm curious if that affects not only capacity but discharge rate as well. There have been some folks whom moved to this battery with some pretty dramatic improvements that one wouldn't expect from a 250mAh increase:

http://www.fommy.com/view-full-page....re&skuno=83629

[jmelan]

is the amzer battery touchstone compatible?