Re: SL-5600 battery in a SL-5500?

On Friday 12 January 2007 10:35, Hugo Gayosso wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My battery is not working properly anymore.
>
> Per the specs in:
> http://www.myzaurus.com/acc_Power2.asp
> http://www.myzaurus.com/acc_Power5.asp
>
> It seems that I should be able to use the battery from the SL-5600 in
> my SL-5500, but the picture of the battery looks like it won't fit.
>
> Could anybody please confirm that it either fits or not?
>
> Thanks in advance,

I believe the battery itself will fit, but you won't be able to get your 
battery cover back on.  I've been looking at this on ebay:

<http://cgi.ebay.com/2000mAh-BATTERY-SHARP-ZAURUS-SL-5500-SL-5600_W0QQitemZ150056310407QQihZ005QQcategoryZ3311QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150056310407>

I just can't justify $70-80 for a new battery when I can get the PDA I 
want for about twice that.

Ed

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