how to replace Visor Pro battery?

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On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:03:28 -0500, Robert Kim <roberth@purdue.edu>
wrote:

>Hi, all. I have a HAndspring Visor Pro and the battery is holding less
>and less of a charge as time goes by. I think it is about to go dead. Is
>there a simple, relatively inexpensive way I can replace it? TIA.
>
>Bob

This I would like to know as well. Where can you get a replacement
battery? http://www.gethightech.com/ doesn't even seem to have it.

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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:35:27 -0500, Robert Kim <roberth@purdue.edu>
wrote:

>krewl, I have 2 Visor Pro's and just got done putting all my info on the
>2nd one. Let me rip apart the old one and see what battery it does take.
>If it is one purchasable at a store, I'll post it so you can get one, too.

Sounds good!

>In the meantime, if anyone out there has any idea on replacing the battery
>in a Handspring Visor Pro, please let us know.
>
>Bob
>
>
>On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, krewl wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:03:28 -0500, Robert Kim <roberth@purdue.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi, all. I have a HAndspring Visor Pro and the battery is holding less
>> >and less of a charge as time goes by. I think it is about to go dead. Is
>> >there a simple, relatively inexpensive way I can replace it? TIA.
>> >
>> >Bob
>>
>> This I would like to know as well. Where can you get a replacement
>> battery? http://www.gethightech.com/ doesn't even seem to have it.
>>

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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:36:08 -0500, Robert Kim <roberth@purdue.edu>
wrote:

>On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, krewl wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:35:27 -0500, Robert Kim <roberth@purdue.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >krewl, I have 2 Visor Pro's and just got done putting all my info on the
>> >2nd one. Let me rip apart the old one and see what battery it does take.
>> >If it is one purchasable at a store, I'll post it so you can get one, too.
>>
>> Sounds good!
>>
>> >In the meantime, if anyone out there has any idea on replacing the battery
>> >in a Handspring Visor Pro, please let us know.
>
>krewl, I'm looking at my Visor Pro battery now. It is wrapped in black
>plastic/rubber (?) and has on the side:
>
>14-0020-00
> F27A
>
>Doing a web search now for this battery. I'm wondering if it is the same
>battery as, say, the Visor Edge that's on sale at gethightech.com .

I am quite sure that it is not the same batter as the Edge. I did
check with them a few months ago and they said it is is different
battery and that they were not planning on carrying the battery for
the Visor Pro.

>If you have any insights, please post them. TIA.

Will do! And, thanks for the battery number. That should help a lot in
tracking it down.

>Bob

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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, krewl wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:36:08 -0500, Robert Kim <roberth@purdue.edu>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, krewl wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:35:27 -0500, Robert Kim <roberth@purdue.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >krewl, I have 2 Visor Pro's and just got done putting all my info on the
> >> >2nd one. Let me rip apart the old one and see what battery it does take.
> >> >If it is one purchasable at a store, I'll post it so you can get one, too.
> >>
> >> Sounds good!
> >>
> >> >In the meantime, if anyone out there has any idea on replacing the battery
> >> >in a Handspring Visor Pro, please let us know.
> >
> >krewl, I'm looking at my Visor Pro battery now. It is wrapped in black
> >plastic/rubber (?) and has on the side:
> >
> >14-0020-00
> > F27A
> >
> >Doing a web search now for this battery. I'm wondering if it is the same
> >battery as, say, the Visor Edge that's on sale at gethightech.com .
> >
> >If you have any insights, please post them. TIA.
> >
> >Bob
>
> I can't figure out why Handspring and battery sources seem to have
> abaondoned the Visor Pro. For example, here are the batts for all the
> Handspring/Visor models, except for the Pro Go figure:
>
> http://www.handspringbattery.com/?CMP=KNC-goog31

Visually, but with no way to compare the size since only the battery is
shown but nothing else, my Visor Pro battery appears to look most like the
Edge battery. I'm going to call Handspring on Monday and see if they can
give me at least voltage/current specs for the Visor Pro battery, then
I'll order the battery closest to meeting those specs and try it out.
Since this Visor Pro is useless without a working battery, I have nothing
to lose other than the cost of the new battery if it doesn't work.

Bob