Thanks for the report! Very interesting, I may have to invest in one of these in a couple months. Let us know about the battery life effect after you've had a chance to judge, Hugh.

Got a sad surprise yesterday - Other World Computing (NuPower) has discontinued their excellent Pismo-series LiIon batteries. I was going to pop for another of those this year. I have two of their batteries in my rotation, but both have seen many charges. I'll have to eventually take a flier on one of the Chinese-made ones when all of my current Apple OEM ones start to fail... Well, I imagine there are not many Pismo owners who were paying ~$80 for a new battery...