[Toptube]

these are an excellent idea and I hope they succeed and also don't give into the temptation of buyout by a larger battery company who will just shelve the tech in a vault somewhere and carry on with buisiness as usual.

of course they could just be an subsidiary or something of one of the big boys already...

but yeah, great idea. better than regular rechargeable batteries and a USB charger because the charger is built onto them. and just as the site says, there are so many USB ports in the world now, it'd be pretty tough to be in a spot where you couldn't charge them but COULD charge regular re-chargeables in a standard charger. but the other way around, there are plenty of scenarious where charging these is possible, but not the standard type.

now they just need to get a car-kit that makes a few USB charge ports from a cigarette lighter. and maybe make a deal with ford or something to get usb charge ports built into the backseats or back console of mini-vans and SUVs.

*Man, I would LOVE to have one compatible with my digital camera. the charger for it is bigger than the camera itself!

**also loving the "swap & play" idea with the 360. I don't even own a 360 but i can only imagine how convenient that'd be.