On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:47:32 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
<veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote in <EC07h.97$%g1.7@fe01.usenetserver.com>:

>In alt.cellular.cingular John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:51:52 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>> wrote in <455c7b04$0$88640$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:
>>
>>>Toshiba has Li-Ion batteries coming that can be fully charged in 10
>>>minutes. The company claims that they will be out in 2008.
>>
>> [yawn] We've had 15 minute NiMH recharging for quite some time.
>
>Yes, and it significantly decreases the life of the battery ...

I got some of the first IC3 units on the market, and they are still
performing superbly, at least as well as conventional NiMH cells.

>they simply
>get too hot!

Temperature actually stays within the safe range for these IC3 NiMH
cells, due to self-monitoring in each cell.

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