PSP-280 Stamina Battery Pack 3.6v 2200 mah Unboxed

For many of you this won't be big news. It will probably be old news in fact but I just received my new 2200 mah PSP battery and thought that people who are new to the homebrew scene may find it interesting. Here are the unboxing pics (click to enlarge all images in this post):



This will become my primary battery and my original (1800 mah) battery will become my Pandora battery along with my 1 gig memory stick. I realize that it am really late to the Pandora party but I wanted to explain a little about these batteries here and I will be making another post in the near future about how I made my Pandora battery/memory stick. Here is my original battery:



There is a lot of confusion about exactly which batteries can be used for Pandora. Here is an ongoing list/thread about which brands and models are Pandora compatible. Post #66 from the thread talks about this exact battery, and says that it works for Pandora.



As you can see in the pic above, I was able to find what I believe is a genuine Sony PSP-280 battery made in China. If this is a fake then the "pirates" creating these are very talented because I can not find anything that makes me believe it is not a genuine Sony product. I bought it from Amazon here. According to the compatibility list above, this battery should be Pandora ready. I am not planning on making this new battery into a Pandora battery but I wanted to have the option if something goes wrong with my original battery.

I hope this helps any of you who are considering buying a new battery and need it to be Pandora compatible. This battery is more expensive than many others but I would rather spend the money on the battery I know I want than gamble on whether the cheap one can be Pandora-ized.