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ATLANTA, December 21, 2001 —  According to a recent study released by the Consumer Electronics Association, some of the top electronic gifts consumers plan to purchase this holiday season include a long list of portable electronics products – including DVD players, portable CD players, digital cameras and cordless and cellular phones.

Many people may not know that the rechargeable batteries that power the portable products on their gift lists, such as laptops, cordless ...

ATLANTA, August 29, 2002 — New year, new books… new cellphone! According to a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive and Telephia, 35 percent of young adults between the ages of 18-to-24 use more than 500 minutes a month on their cellphones as compared to 20 percent of all cellphone users – that’s not only a lot of talking, but a lot of juice drained from the phone’s battery!

A lot of people don’t know that the rechargeable batteries that power ...