Seidio doesn't want to pay to license the encoding on the new RIM Batteries. That's why you have to clone them. Don't expect to see any extended batteries from Seidio anymore for RIM devices. Could also be RIM doesn't want to license it.
Have always hated extended batteries... Why spend all that money on something so nice looking and thin, then make it hideous by putting some huge nasty battery door on it?
Just buy an extra OEM battery and have it charged in your pocket, and swap it out when needed. It's not like the 99XX takes forever to reboot like some past RIM phones.
I agree. I have a spare battery that is so thin, I just stuff it into my wallet. I don't have to swap it very often (only when I'm out all day), but it offers peace of mind. I don't even have MeterBerry installed anymore.
Swapping the battery out is a temporary invoncenience, whereas a thicker phone is a permanent one.
For all of the people that don't like the way an ext looks there's always ways around it. I have a 9650 with an extended battery with the commuter hack and it's the best combo ever.
Have always hated extended batteries... Why spend all that money on something so nice looking and thin, then make it hideous by putting some huge nasty battery door on it?
Just buy an extra OEM battery and have it charged in your pocket, and swap it out when needed. It's not like the 99XX takes forever to reboot like some past RIM phones.
Maybe true, however, they do sell extended batteries in the original size. like the 9000, they made one extended battery in a regular size and the chunkier one.
put the extended battery in.
put the 1st layer of rubber on.
take an xacto knife or razor blade and cut around the battery making only the battery exposed.
pull that rubber off over the battery and place the plastic over it.
the case does not sit entirely flush but the plastic is very slightly but almost not enough to notice.
