[thunderstorm]

Try ebay.co.uk. They have about 87 in stock and ship to the USA.

"NEW EXTENDED BATTERY 1700 mAh FOR BLACKBERRY BOLD 9000."

[fkjr2]

if you want better technology you will need to charge more frequently

[jeffharris]

I never get all you people with all this long battery life.

I get only 12 hours solid with the Bold, on .162, with EDGE only, and Wifi and Bluetooth off.

I can never get nearly the battery power that others claim, on any phone. Maybe my body sucks battery power. Maybe I am the Energizer Bunny ....

[scaevola]

Wirelessly posted (8300)

Umm I don't know about you all. I'm barely getting 10 hours. And I just have jive running like 70% of the time. 10% brightness 30 back light and auto dim. How in blazes do you keep all that running? Does gps drain it a lot? By the way on a super side note. Does the yahoo search/mail app no longer exist? Oh and I have like 16~11mb free. These things need more onboard ram!! Other than that I Love it!! And a bigger battery!

[alee]

JiveTalk (and other IM clients) will drain the battery very quickly if you leave it on. I can go for around 3 days in 3G areas with a ton of emails (about 250 a day), a few calls and some light browsing. I will go to under 24 hrs of battery life with Jivetalk constantly running.

[BB4Life]

Originally Posted by alee

JiveTalk (and other IM clients) will drain the battery very quickly if you leave it on. I can go for around 3 days in 3G areas with a ton of emails (about 250 a day), a few calls and some light browsing. I will go to under 24 hrs of battery life with Jivetalk constantly running.

wow that's great for you..wish i could say the same...i almost have the same usage as you do but my BOLD lasts only 8 hours

[SamBerry]

The new Oss have made a dramatic difference. With .167, I can leave wifi and bluetooth on all the time (without necessarily using them) get a hundred emails a day and have a couple of ten minute conversations, and get two days.

Definitiely an adjustment from the 8800 where 3-4 days was the norm.

[melodic]

just talked on the phone for 28 mins and its at 80%. running .167

[LocoStrange]

Im surprised you guys dont last a day. Mine has been going for two days with having around 30% before I go to bed

[Horizon Wireless]

Originally Posted by LocoStrange

Im surprised you guys dont last a day. Mine has been going for two days with having around 30% before I go to bed

This all depends on how much you use it. Amount of apps running in the backround, these are all factors.

[JG in SB]

I just ordered a 1700 mah battery from a company here in the USA via the following link:

BC 1700 mah Slim Extended Battery for BlackBerry Bold 9000 For BlackBerry - BlackBerry Bold - Batteries - Fommy.com

This one apperently is the exact same dimensions as the stock battery, so you don't need a replacement battery cover, and it doesn;t change the frm factor of your Bold.

It'll be here in a few days, and after I use it for several days, I will let y'all know if it makes a noticeable difference.

[Horizon Wireless]

looks like the seido extra cap battery is available on Nov 14th. Cant wait to get that.
http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductD...ode=BASI16BBX5

[krayziebydaflesh]

my bold is lasting me 6-7 hours on a work day At most. Thats if i keep calls short and keep web browsing brief.

[mini-me]

I have a counterintuitive suggestion to make: leave your Wi-Fi on and connected.

My first few days with the Bold I turned everything off (based on WinMo 3g experience): Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc and experienced a drain of my battery that needed charging by 5:00. When working from home one day, I left Wi-Fi on and connected: I had 50% battery at the end of the day.

My theory is this: The Wi-Fi radio in the Bold is very power efficient, much more so using the 3g radio. For the BB data needed for email, Wi-Fi can retrieve the data faster and with lower latency further reducing the radio use and drain on the battery.

Try this and let me know your results...

[dandrzejewski]

That's an interesting theory. I wonder how much power the WiFi is using when it's not connected to a network. It's probably using some power to search for the networks it has profiles for.

[rontiu]

Not much luck with battery either, running .167 on my 4 day old Bold. Fully charged, and going to bed, I wake up with a substantial drain on my Bold. I have to assume too that maybe Viigo and Beejive are major battery drain applications.

Wifi is on and so it BT, and the brightness was 60%.

I am upgrading to .190, cutting the brightness to 30% and probably get the AIM application and be more observant to require wifi on or not, and see if that brings me a bit more battery, otherwise it is true, I need to charge my phone at every opportunity to not end up with no juice.

[Impulse2]

yea got too hate 3g, uses to much power.

[Sith_Apprentice]

1550 to 1700 isnt that big a jump. Wait for Seidio to release theirs

[scaevola]

Originally Posted by Horizon Wireless

looks like the seido extra cap battery is available on Nov 14th. Cant wait to get that.
Seidioonline - Your Leading Manufacturer of Smartphone Accessories

Can you advise us if this will be chargeable via the new standalone m1500 charger that RIM makes? This will be a decided factor as I already have 2 standard batteries( had one 2 weeks before the bold was released).

[rontiu]

I updated yesterday to the .190 OS which is out in the wild, and I "think" I am doing great on the battery now.

I cut down to 30% brightness, but wifi, bt is on overnight plus I have jivetalk and viigo running too. I woke up this am with my battery almost full!! like minimal drain.

I am hoping that is consistent and not some lucky coincidence . So for now I will continue to use jive talk, as I find it to be a really nice application rather having multiple IM applications.