v325i cradle-type battery charger

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.

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.
>
>

I've found that a number of phones use the same battery, or similar. I'm
sure there's a Motorola based charging block that will work, I just have to
track it down. It's possible that the "Q" uses the same batts. Charging
blocks run around $5 most of the time.


"Dean" <dean173@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Vuyph.117$rE3.108@newsfe09.lga...
> 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
> ______________________________________-
> "Dan G" <none@12345.org> wrote in message
> news:HLmdnZJZNMO9FTjYnZ2dnUVZ_uejnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> > 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.
> >
> >
>
>

I just received this charging block with 2 slim batteries from the Hong Kong
seller. $20 shipped for the block and 2 batts is hard to argue with. The
batteries look like Motorola batts with a sticker over the Motorola name.
Same part numbers.

Works great.



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http://cgi.ebay.com/2X-BT50-Battery-...QQcmdZViewItem