Comments on: UX50 long-life battery

By: herşey varmış

herşey varmış — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:30:20 +0000

i don’t see pic..

By: video seyret

video seyret — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:06:33 +0000

i am dont see picture. :(

By: bhrun

bhrun — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:41:00 +0000

Where did you get the 5 point screwdriver to open the ux50? I’ve been lookin geverywhere but can’t find one.

By: jamerican

jamerican — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:58:18 +0000

No question is idiotic. The PSP battery pack (which I did consider somewhat) is much thicker than the EB40’s case. I believe its the same height as the EB40 so I would never be able to fit it in the EB40 without modification to the battery itself (which I highly recommend not doing).

By: otakucode

otakucode — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:39:53 +0000

Forgive this question if it is idiotic, but would it be possible to use, instead of 4 batteries in parallel, a PSP battery pack? They are much, much smaller and put out 3800mAh and are only $24.95.

By: jamerican

jamerican — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:36:51 +0000

Yea, your right. It is still kinda high but it originally was 700 so, it still taking some time to decline. But for all the features, I think 300 or less is a great price. I spent 400 on mine but got a 1Gig stick and Metal case. I would get the GP2X and really was thinking about it but I’m a all-in-one tyoe of person. I need one device that does it all. If you think about it, the only device that has come out ad surpassed UX in specs is HTC Universal but its huge and expensive.

JAmerican

By: shakemaster

shakemaster — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:07:12 +0000

Don’t get me wring, this thing looks awesome, and I’d really like to have one, but just the fact that 3 years later it’s still going for $250 on the bay makes me doubt that I’ll ever really get one.

By: jamerican

jamerican — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:43:32 +0000

Its more portable than a laptop. Its very portable. I do agree that it doesn’t really feel fully comfortable in my pocket but it still fits. BTW, the GP2X looks cool but it can’t access the web or manage emails. The power source would require you to purchase rechargable batteries. It looks really cool but not sure I could do as much. It also looks very large in the picture in the listing below this one on the main page.

Yea. This runs Palm OS.

JAmerican

By: shakemaster

shakemaster — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:03:30 +0000

They still go for $250 ON EBAY, OUCH.
For that I’d get a GP2X.

By: zilog8

zilog8 — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:11:23 +0000

@#4 andrew:
Doesn’t run linux, unfortunately.
Cool nonetheless though

By: fucter

fucter — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:50:46 +0000

jamerican, we would love to hear about all your projects in #hackaday, at efnet

By: greg

greg — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:19:08 +0000

while its hard to tell from the pic…the thing doesn’t look too portable. I wouldn’t wanna carry around that thing in my pocket =P Maybe in a backpack, but if ur going to have the backpack, why not go for the full on laptop?

By: japroach

japroach — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:45:57 +0000

When your dealing with one or two batteries by the same manufacturer, and production date. There isnt going to be much problem with paralelling a couple of them…

Laptop battery charging circuits are a bitch though, so who knows.

By: John

John — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:59:39 +0000

I am one of the few that jumped on the bandwagon and purchased a ux50. It’s been stashed away for some time now but I’ll gladly pull it out to try this out. Thanks!

By: jamerican

jamerican — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:04:23 +0000

I used Li-polymer batteries with protection circuits. I connect them all parallel. The protection circuits allow the batteries to equalize themselves. Then I keep the EB connected to the UX so that they are always in parallel. The EB is basically apart of my unit now but I don’t complain. :) Thanks for posting this hackaday crew :)

JAmerican