Thread: Bad news for the Kobo battery.
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Old 08-28-2011, 01:20 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by smoggy View Post
Ok, after talking, I did some hunting around and there are a few external USB battery devices available on Amazon, do a search for Kobo Battery, there are a couple wall chargers, and a car charger. The Battery pack, contrary to my above post, would use 4 AA batteries.
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Google for USB specs, you can easily find pinouts. 2 rechargable AA batteries should suffice, a very short USB cord, shorten as
needed, and a bit of velcro to the back of the case, and I should
be able to go away for a weekend without having to bring along
my laptop so I can recharge.
Most any mini-USB phone charger will charge the Kobo. Ours only plugs into the computer to transfer books.
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