Chuck wrote:
> Why is it that cell phones have replaceable batteries, but to replace
> the battery on my Zire 71 I have to practically tear the thing apart?
>
> (I think I know why, it comes down to $$$, just wanted to vent)
>
> Chuck
Be glad it's not a Palm V. They're glued together. Takes a heat gun,
asbestos gloves, patience and luck to get it apart without breaking
something. Anybody want a broken palm V? It's already apart and
only slightly melted ;-)
mike

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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:02:29 +0000, Chuck wrote:

> Why is it that cell phones have replaceable batteries, but to replace
> the battery on my Zire 71 I have to practically tear the thing apart?
>
> (I think I know why, it comes down to $$$, just wanted to vent)
>
> Chuck

Yup, I liked it better in the days of the IIIxe, when "the hood wasn't
welded shut".