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To: kolo55 who wrote (6821)	1/6/1999 11:09:00 PM
From: FMK	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

Quick calculations on Palm Pilot battery thickness and size. I estimate the palm pilot to be about 3x5 inches. As I understand it, the thinnest battery with Valence's current technology is about 1mm which is the thickness of one bi-cell. An appropriate thickness to mold into a plastic case might be about 2 bi-cells (2mm) or about .008 inch. The arcotronics machines can assemble about 240 bi-cells per minute or 120 of these per minute. This is equivalent to over 4 million per month at 3 shifts per day.

To: kolo55 who wrote (6821)	1/7/1999 1:24:00 AM
From: Larry Brubaker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

<<Yeah Larry, nowaynohow this can be Valence's battery. Sure, sure. Whatever you say.>> Paul, somehow I doubt that 3COMM designed a VLNC battery into their product coming out in the spring, given that as of December 21, the company only "expected" to be coming out with samples in early January. I'm sure 3COMM designed a product around a battery they had yet to test. That would make a lot of sense. About as much sense as FMK's assertion VLNC was "ready to go" a year ago but simply chose not to produce the battery that could have made them huge profits.