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					Originally Posted by Dr. Drib  All of these battery issues/concerns/outbursts/fears/exhortations/predictions/declarations/diatribes/[fill in your affiliation here] would be tucked safely away if Amazon treated the Kindle like cell-phones - regarding the battery.  [B]Just pop off the back and put in a new battery. | 
	
 Do cellphones with li-ion batteries really work that way nowadays? My understanding is that the consortium that runs lithium-ion battery tech prohibits user-replaceable batteries (their excuse is explosion if the charging circuit and battery become somehow mismatched, though I don't see why you can't just decree that they're always packaged together).