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Admit it, your 1150mAh stock Palm Pre battery is far less than stellar — it’s okay, we won’t tell anyone. In fact, you can pick up an even larger, 1350mAh battery from Seidio that manages to keep the same physical proportions as its predecessor, meaning no dead giveaway / gaudy bulge the back of the phone. Ideally, that’d get ya an almost twenty percent bump in usage, but we doubt it pans out so nicely in field testing. Feel free to find out for yourself, it’s on sale now for a cool $45.

[Via jkOnTheRun]

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Seidio Palm Pre battery adds more staying power, retains slim figure originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We heard earlier this morning that the GSM Pre was set for a UK launch, and now it sounds like things are coming together: The Guardian says the Palm’s baby will launch on O2. That makes perfect sense, O2 owner Telefonica reportedly secured broad global rights to the Pre back in March. Of course, this is all yet to be official, but with actual GSM handsets floating around out there and an announcement expected next week, we’re guessing we don’t have too much longer to wait.

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GSM Pre to launch on O2 in UK originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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