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To: Eli74 who wrote (14746)	9/22/1999 10:04:00 AM
From: geep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27311

Nokia/Li-poly link biz.yahoo.com Well....any thoughts? Who's supplying this battery?

To: Eli74 who wrote (14746)	9/22/1999 10:27:00 AM
From: Rich Wolf	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

re: Nokia: The specs don't say whether they include the weight of the casing and circuitry, but those would be minimal. The battery cell is 7.8mm thick, and is the greater part of the volume of the entire pack, so might be 80% of the total weight, perhaps? The spec is 600 mAh and 32g, which for Li-MnO2 (Valence's materials) would be 3.8v (cobalt-based cells are 3.6 to 3.7 v). If this cell was 3.7v it would only have 70 wh/kg energy density. This is only half of what Valence's cells offer. So if someone is buying into cells with such low specs, that is very good for the entire li-poly market. Another possibility is that for the initial product launch, they may be packaging the cells in metal casings or some such, 'just to be safe,' and plan on dumping those later if the cells show no problems. This would add the excess weight. So it's not out of the question that our cells could be used. We just can't say, either way, until it is announced.