YES!!! It is ridiculously difficult to remove the batteries from the eDGe!!!! I agree completely. The design is bass-ackwards since you have to push the tabs in order to release them, yet pushing precludes the battery from coming out. Just poorly thought-out design. What I recently did was to take a piece of ribbon (the kind people wrap packages with) and put it around the battery. Then, with the battery inserted, the ribbon sticks out (one end above and one end below the battery) which looks foolish, but it makes getting the battery out very easy. Maybe this is one reason the Pocket eDGe has a non-removable battery???