A battery and its capacity to hold a charge? Does it annoy anyone else out there when you get a new product, that you have to charge these rechargeable batteries for up for 24 hours or even longer initially to get it to retain the charge on a regular basis - why can't they make a battery that comes fully charged to use in the first place - I thought lithium batteries are supposed to be better for not ending up only having a reduced charge if they haven't been regularly fully charged aren't they - and if if this is the case, why aren't they used more in products where recharging is necessary like mobile phones etc., instead of these nickel-cadmium batteries which need all this 'pampering' at the beginning of their life? In a nutshell when you buy a product using a battery, you normally want to use it straight away don't you - not have to wait half a week before it will deign to to give you an adequate charge time in order for it to be of working use to you do you? Yes I've heard of alkaline batteries - but where's the intelligence you speak of keep on buying something to have to throw it away again - I would rather the people who design these things get their thinking caps on and design a RECHARGEABLE battery that doesn't have all this performance at the beginning that doesn't retain this 'memory' of only being half charged. The analogy I have been told before, is its like a bottle of milk - you can top up an old bottle of milk with new milk, but it won't make the old milk any better - capeesh!