Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right (with the exception that the non oem chip can be added late in the production process). Motorola chips their cell phone batteries and tried to enforce their usage some time ago, but the practice was deemed monopolistic and was shot down by the Dept Commerce (Yes, they actually did something to protect consumers!). Anyway, theoretically, I admit there's some very slight risk involved, however, I don't know, nor have I heard of, any case of a li battery damaging its gizmo. The usual caution of removing batteries for long term storage should be practiced oem or 3party. On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:31 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > Sure they could.... If I am correct that the non-OEM batteries are really > off spec batteries from Leica production, then they too would contain the > chip..... > > The Catch 22 in the small OEM world...... > > Scaring the wits out of users is cheaper, has no code bugs, and is as > effective... Look at the responses we are getting here! > > Guys, it is a battery, not a Nuclear Power Plant! > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > I know they could imbed a read-only chip in the battery for identifying > same. I'm just convinced that they are not doing that. In fact, I regard > the > idea as ridiculous. Furthermore, it would not take a genius to counterfeit > such a chip if they had done that. > > Herbert Kanner > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- -Lew Schwartz