Dan,

How about a cheap way out? Find out what cheap old Motophones use the same
battery as your phone, bet there are a bunch. Buy one cheap on eBay. Leave
the cheapo phone plugged in at home and use it as a charger. Swap batteries
when needed. Presto.

HTH,
Dean
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"Dan G" <none@12345.org> wrote in message
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> Just got this new v325i from Verizon. To my surprise, neither Verizon or
> Motorola seems to be selling a desktop cradle for charging this battery.
> This makes having a spare battery kind of pointless. I frequently talk for
> 2-4 hours per day, and having a charged spare battery is a real plus.
>
> I'm thinking there might be another Motorola cradle around that will
> charge
> this battery. I don't care if it fits the phone or not, just the battery.
> Anybody know of one? They currently sell 2 different cradles, will this
> battery slip into one of them?
>
> The phone came with the "slim" battery, SNN5267A, 880 mAh. I see Motorola
> lists several similar battery numbers as being compatible with this phone.
> It has the 4 contacts at the top of the battery, near the left side.
> (looking at the battery from the back)
>
> Any assist would hugely appreciated.
>
>