Yes, it's Viagra for cellphone batteries

I suspect that this is a rehash of the BatMax hoax mentioned on Slashdot on Jan 2005.

1. There would be a patent - there is none
2. Battery companies would buy it in a heartbeat and integrate it into their battery design exclusively

Time will tell.

--deckert
 
It sounds like the magnetic clip that one put over your car's fuel line. This gimmick was available a few years ago.

The claim was that it magnetized the petrol which will improve your car's fuel consumption.

And there were gullible people who actually bought the device.

:eek:
 
Here's an article where they actually tested the stickers and came to this conclusion:

http://www.mobilityguru.com/2005/04/18/batterylife_activator_for_rechargeables/page6.html

Mobility Guru (part of Tom's hardware) said:
Maybe the Batterylife Activator does do something. But in our own testing with two different notebooks, we were unable to verify any kind of improvement in battery life for older lithium-ion batteries. We therefore strongly advise against investing in the Batterylife Activator, be it either $52 for the notebook version, or $15 for the mobile phone version. A colorful decal is arguably just as good, and certainly much cheaper to acquire and apply to your batteries.
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Take note: these guys actually did battery life tests with the products to get their results. There are lots of sites where people say its a hoax without any backup but these guys did the actual tests to prove.

I suggest pulling the story from the main site.
 
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Hi Fergus

Thanks for the feedback...story pulled from the front page.
 
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It was developed from volcanic minerals, which the manufacturers say "generates cavity radiation energy which dissolves slag and improves the flow of electrons and ions".
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:confused: what sort of radiation? - presumably electro-magnetic radiation generated whilst charging or discharging the battery [if any] that then gets bounced back into the battery itself...:confused:...somehow I don't think one would need volcanic minerals to achieve this - just apply a thin patch of lead [Pb] and see if that extends any batteries...:rolleyes:
Deckert said:
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2. Battery companies would buy it in a heartbeat and integrate it into their battery design exclusively
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Probably not - battery companies would sell fewer batteries [less profits] if this actually worked, although I could see them buying exclusive rights to the patent [if any] to prevent it from being used...
 
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all i could think of was: viagra causes heart attacks, will your pone get a heart attack from this? :)
 
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Posted the article link earlier, looks fishy anyway;)
 
Probably not - battery companies would sell fewer batteries [less profits] if this actually worked, although I could see them buying exclusive rights to the patent [if any] to prevent it from being used...
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Not really true, we're not talking AAA/AA [aka replacable] batteries here. We're talking Laptop/Cellphone batteries which are rechargable [thus you don't buy them over and over]. The company who can make a laptop battery which lasts for 12+ hours, or an PDA/Ipod/PSP battery lasting 12+ hours on >>full load<< will simply take over the market don't you think?

It's a known issue with the Movie/Media devices coming out, they want you to watch movies on it, but the batter only lasts the length of a single movie :(
 
diabolus said:
...We're talking Laptop/Cellphone batteries which are rechargable [thus you don't buy them over and over]. The company who can make a laptop battery which lasts for 12+ hours, or an PDA/Ipod/PSP battery lasting 12+ hours on >>full load<< will simply take over the market don't you think?
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I suspect that you've never kept the same cellery phone or notebook long enough :p to need to buy a new battery for it once the old battery reaches its sell-by date: someone is definitely making money out of selling new [rechargable] batteries and I doubt that the [retail] pricing is based on economies of scale...
 
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