It requires blowing up a battery's tight little package, storing the guts of the battery outside its body.

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If you're looking to get the long and short of it, here it is: those seeking great battery life in a relatively affordable package need look no further, but performance junkies should definitely hunt elsewhere.

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Designed to give you surprisingly big sound in a portable package, the Logitech UE Mobile Boombox includes a rechargeable battery that delivers up to 10 hours of music, depending on use, settings and conditions, and can even double as a speakerphone for voice or video calls.

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If you're still with us, this PMP also sports a couple of flip-out mouse-ear speakers for use in a pinch, TV-out, AV-in, MP3 and WMA playback support, FM tuner with recorder functionality, and about 3 hours of video playback on battery which is about as good as it gets in a smaller package than both the current iPod and Zen Vision:M.

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Starting out in a tiny office not far from Dalal Street where the BSE is situated, they took three years--Shah wrote the product specifications, and Neralla the software code--to develop a robust software package that was user friendly enough to run on a car battery, a nifty feature in a power-scarce country.

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Also included in the package are a charger, an antenna and a 1500 mAh NiMH battery that promises up to two hours of talk or 36 hours of standby time.

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The microsensor devices monitoring a medical package containing a human organ on its way for transplant, require a battery.

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The Galaxy 4 is a powerful package when it comes to hardware: a faster processor, larger screen, better camera, and bigger battery.

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