Reliable source for Palm Tungsten E batteries?
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From: Bob Pownall on 2 Feb 2008 00:00 I want to replace the battery in my old Palm Tungsten E. (I've upgraded to a newer model, but with a new battery, it might make a good starter PDA for a friend.) eBay shows 165 matches for "Palm Tungsten E battery", although some of those are false matches. However, I'm somewhat leery of buying batteries off eBay. Batteries seem like something that would be easy to fake / counterfeit, and hard to tell that you've got a fake / counterfeit until something bad happened. Any recommendations for reliable battery vendors, on or off of eBay? Bob Pownall
From: jeff on 1 Feb 2008 00:42 I took mine to a local battery store (in Dallas, Texas), they charged me $ 35, but did a good job. jeff Bob Pownall wrote: > I want to replace the battery in my old Palm Tungsten E. (I've upgraded > to a newer model, but with a new battery, it might make a good starter > PDA for a friend.) > > eBay shows 165 matches for "Palm Tungsten E battery", although some of > those are false matches. However, I'm somewhat leery of buying > batteries off eBay. Batteries seem like something that would be easy to > fake / counterfeit, and hard to tell that you've got a fake / > counterfeit until something bad happened. > > Any recommendations for reliable battery vendors, on or off of eBay? > > Bob Pownall
From: Bill Marcum on 1 Feb 2008 06:32 On 2008-02-01, Bob Pownall <repownall(a)netscape.net> wrote: > > > I want to replace the battery in my old Palm Tungsten E. (I've upgraded > to a newer model, but with a new battery, it might make a good starter > PDA for a friend.) > > eBay shows 165 matches for "Palm Tungsten E battery", although some of > those are false matches. However, I'm somewhat leery of buying > batteries off eBay. Batteries seem like something that would be easy to > fake / counterfeit, and hard to tell that you've got a fake / > counterfeit until something bad happened. > > Any recommendations for reliable battery vendors, on or off of eBay? > I haven't bought anything from them, but pdaparts.com is often recommended as a source for batteries and instructions, if you want to do it yourself.
From: lisa in mass. on 1 Feb 2008 16:28 Bill Marcum <marcumbill(a)bellsouth.net> wrote... >> Any recommendations for reliable battery vendors, on or >> off of eBay? >> > I haven't bought anything from them, but pdaparts.com is > often recommended as a source for batteries and > instructions, if you want to do it yourself. > I haven't bought batteries from them, but the other parts I ordered came extremely promptly without any hassle. -lisa
From: Bob Pownall on 2 Feb 2008 11:20
Thanks for the responses. I get some satisfaction out of doing this kind of repair, so I think I'll order some batteries from pdaparts.com Bob Pownall |