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Originally Posted by Cory Scheuer  DONT!
Thats all i'm going to say... you buy cheap yours going to get cheap... stick with a good company that makes good batteries... either get another OEM battery from RIM or get the seidio ones... battery power is something you dont want to mess with... |
Agreed, and here's why: Lithium-ion batteries have a relatively unstable chemistry and must be manufactured correctly with various types of protection. One way these batteries fail is to release a lot of energy in very short order (i.e. explode).
Example: My Curve's OEM battery: 3.7V * 1Ah * 3,600s/h = 13,320 joules of energy. It's no stick of dynamite, but ten bucks says that amount of energy released in less than a second could blow your hand off.
Point is: Lithium-ion batteries are pretty dangerous things. Only buy from trusted sources (not eBay).