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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm actually quite fond of pleather myself.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 24th 2006 9:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wish they could somehow make a standard for each battery shape, connection, etc, based on the screen size of the machine, or some from some other detail (such as cpu speed, number of CPU's, etc.<br><br>What I am getting at is that rather than around 25 different types of laptop batteries, it would be a one-size-fits-all type of thing. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TLS502]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 24th 2006 9:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</guid><description><![CDATA[A one size fits all battery (or at least shrinking the number of battery form factors from hundreds to a dozen or so) could also have the effect of lowering overall costs of the machines; as well as costs of replacement/extra batteries. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim UF]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 24th 2006 11:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</guid><description><![CDATA[I see Sony isn't on that list, wasn't it them who manufactured the flaming batteries?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Zarowny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 24th 2006 11:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</guid><description><![CDATA["I wish they could somehow make a standard for each battery..."<br><br>Actually they did. It was developed by Duracell and Compaq and used in the Compaq Aero laptops. Unfortunately, its universality never got beyond that series.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[georget]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 24th 2006 11:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</guid><description><![CDATA[All these battery 'explosions' occur only while they are plugged in, correct? Does this mean that leaving my notebook plugged in unattended results in a potential loss of my belongings do to fire?<br>If I do decide to charge my notebook whilst I am not home, should I do so in a cinder block enclosure?<br>[I am half-serious]<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[consumer@cyberspace.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 24th 2006 11:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/apple-dell-lenovo-hp-working-on-battery-manufacturing-standar/</guid><description><![CDATA[Do you know when that battery summit will be? I'd love to get in there to cover it. Thanks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[catherine girardeau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 25th 2006 10:29AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>