HP Prime wireless kit

[Joe Horn]

Uh oh... I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but does this mean that our Primes are obsolete, and a new design is coming? Check it out: the battery in the video has its terminals on the LEFT side (of the top edge of the battery), whereas all the currently sold Primes have their battery terminals on the RIGHT side.

Two possibilities immediately spring to mind.

(1) No biggie: This might be just a simple screwup on the part of the makers of the video. After all, it's 100% computer graphics, and maybe nobody told them which side the terminals are on, so they looked in a Galaxy S3 and copied its left-side design.

(2) BIG biggie: Almost all the high-capacity batteries for the Galaxy S3 are thicker, and require a replacement back cover for the phone to accommodate the bulging battery. But the phone's terminals (on the left side) are at the same depth as for the thin batteries (obviously). This means that NONE of those high-capacity thick batteries will fit the Prime, even with a replacement back cover. Could THIS be the reason for the goofy-looking double cover in the video? Maybe they are hiding the bulging battery not because it's ugly but because it reveals that high-capacity batteries cannot be used with existing Primes?!? Maybe this is an unintentional sneak peek at a newly redesigned Prime with its battery terminals on the left side so that high-capacity batteries can be used? In which case your Prime is already obsolete. That would suck.

Just a guess. But it has me worried. I hope somebody at HP can stop this scary rumor which I just started.