[NTLK] The death of a MessagePad 2000 battery

[Jeremy O'Brien]

Why not consider buying a battery caddy so you can just use AA's?

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 07:04:37PM -0200, robinson pereira wrote:
> I purchased a sealed newton rechargeable battery, new, in box, in 2007. From
> some guy in England. Now I want another, but it is very hard to find...
> 
> 2010/1/31 Jeremy O'Brien <obrien654j at gmail.com>
> 
> > OK, so it worked. But why did it work? Magic newton voo doo?
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 04:37:55AM -0500, Woo wrote:
> > > Wrap it air-tight in a ziplock bag,
> > > put it in the freezer for 1-2 hrs.,
> > > take out of bag, make sure no condensation on batt. terminals,
> > > put into Newt and recharge overnight.
> > > HTH.
> > >
> > > I've bought 'dead' batts and got some use after this trick. :) YMMV.
> > >
> >
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