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Originally Posted by demoric
I have contacted amazon about the non-replacable battery and they said
I've read other areas saying minimal costs are between $35-$55, but it all seems to be speculation and not hard figures.
Personally, I like my kindle, and find myself using wisper net, just to check out new books to see what I may read next. It's nice being able to see a book at a store, and then next time I sit down to read hop on wispernet to read reviews. (note not ALL books are available, but there are a suprising amount that are)
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Here is an article from pc advisor
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=110690
You'll notice the quote from amazon themselves is $59 to replace the battery.........and if you take out the extended warranty, (which costs $65) its only good for two years.
Charles Tritschler is the amazon Kindle unit director
As for the battery, Tritschler said it was made nonremovable to accommodate the Kindle 2's thinner size. "We really pushed to make it as thin as possible," yielding a device that is just 0.36 in. thick.
A nonremovable battery does not require solid casing like the removable kind do, meaning they take up less space, he said. And Kindle 2 now has a chip for active battery management that was not in the original. That chip regulates charge flows and helps make the battery last for two weeks when not in wireless mode, or four days when connected wirelessly, he said.
Tritschler announced today that the Kindle 2's battery can replaced under warranty for a year. After that, it can be replaced in the Amazon factory for US$59.