appleinsider.com — Leading notebook makers Apple, Dell, and Lenovo will hold a summit meeting in San Jose, Calif. next month to begin development of standards for the manufacture of lithium ion batteries for portable and handheld electronics. Perhaps these ones won't explode so easily.
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fordiAug 23, 2006
The new company currently produces the ThinkPad line.
gxcdesignAug 24, 2006
@kevinmotelhow dumb are you...of course they won't be interoperable...but they will more than likely be similar if not identical components and technology
heemboAug 24, 2006
Big bully = Apple's Proprietary Closed System *ducks to avoid onslaught from apple fanboys*
timscoAug 24, 2006
Now when can we get the cell phone charger people together?
youngsterAug 24, 2006
How about a cooler-running battery to top it off?
evolution360Aug 24, 2006
if by MH you mean nickel metal hydride then the answer is that NiMH batteries have to be larger for the same amount of power as a comparable Lithium ion battery, so they're not going to be put into laptops anytime soon (unless the technology is substantially improved). The best power tools sometimes use Li-ion but those tools start at about $400 for a drill. The reason they are now switching to NiMH is because of environmental regulations (NiCd was the old standard but since cadmium is VERY toxic they are hard to recycle and usually illegal to throw in the trash)
cololAug 24, 2006
The laptop manufacturers are already ahead of you.All of Apple's portables, for example, won't charge until you drop below a certain threshold (95%, I believe). Most other manufacturers have their own charging strategies that work similarly.
janglesAug 24, 2006
How awesome is it that these three competitors can work together to solve a problem such as this. Really all they have to do is start making these out of China and apply some standards to have them a higher qauilty. I doubt that will happen but until it leaves these shady ass manufacturers the problem will prevail.