HP Mini 1000 and 110 batteries on sale

For you mobile geeks out there HP Home currently has 3-cell batteries for the HP Mini 1000 and 110 on sale for 60% off as well as a $15-off coupon you can use (ACY93421). No idea how long this is going to last.

• HP 3-cell Battery for Mini 110 Series (BX03) (NY221AA#UUF)
• HP 3-cell Primary Battery for Mini 1000 Series (HA03) (FZ441AA#UUF)

The 6-cell batteries are regular price but the coupon should also work.

• HP 6-cell Extended-Life Battery for Mini 110 Series (BX06) (NY220AA#ABA)
• HP 6-cell Extended-Life Battery for Mini 1000 Series (HA06) (FZ332AA#ABB)

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Upgrading Polycom firmware

If you have a mixed bag of Polycom kit in your office, be sure to check out the VoIP SIP Software Release Matrix to check on compatible versions. In our case, I chose SIP version 3.1.3RevC since it’s compatible with both the IP 430 and the IP 4000. I’ll probably bump up to SIP version 3.2.0 for the IP 430; just not today.

Also pay special attention to the release notes. Just because a Firmware version is on the download page for a particular model doesn’t mean it will work. We had to mix and match with Firmware version 4.1.3 for the IP 4000 and 4.2.0 for the IP 430. This is difficult (but not impossible) since pre-4.0 Firmware versions look for bootrom.ld instead of modelnumber.bootrom.ld in 4.0 and higher versions.
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