Why didn't I think of this before?
Design a handheld scanner around easily obtainable Motorola batteries! I'm thinking the venerable HT1250 type, or the more modern XPR / XTS etc?
BUT - by designing the scanner shape so that the whole package won't fit into a Motorola charger, but just the battery stand-alone, this SOLVES the problem of those who leave the scanner on while charging and using it as a stand. I see this kind of abuse at work, where people don't turn off the radio and pop it back into the charger. With a weird scanner shape, one would have to remove the battery from the scanner to charge in the Motorola base. Keep a spare battery for hot-swap.
A formal feature request for this was filed with Whistler.
Now us *true* battery geeks can get stop worrying about single-vendor supplied batteries, and can go hog wild with Motorola Impres batteries and Impres chargers if we want to! Or just stick to the standard versions. User's choice!
AND, if one doesn't like li-ion for whatever reason, you can still get the NIMH versions with the older style Motorola series, like the HT's - and along with lithium versions, and Impres versions too of course.
Dreaming of the day this happens!
Design a handheld scanner around easily obtainable Motorola batteries! I'm thinking the venerable HT1250 type, or the more modern XPR / XTS etc?
BUT - by designing the scanner shape so that the whole package won't fit into a Motorola charger, but just the battery stand-alone, this SOLVES the problem of those who leave the scanner on while charging and using it as a stand. I see this kind of abuse at work, where people don't turn off the radio and pop it back into the charger. With a weird scanner shape, one would have to remove the battery from the scanner to charge in the Motorola base. Keep a spare battery for hot-swap.
A formal feature request for this was filed with Whistler.
Now us *true* battery geeks can get stop worrying about single-vendor supplied batteries, and can go hog wild with Motorola Impres batteries and Impres chargers if we want to! Or just stick to the standard versions. User's choice!
AND, if one doesn't like li-ion for whatever reason, you can still get the NIMH versions with the older style Motorola series, like the HT's - and along with lithium versions, and Impres versions too of course.
Dreaming of the day this happens!
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