Boston-Power Inc, a Massachusetts-based company which has 6 Sigma-level mass manufacturing operations in China, today announced HP as first customer to offer its next generation notebook computer battery in a company's press release. The Boston-Power's next-generation Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cell, named Sonata, will be able to keep 80 percent of their initial charge after three years of use. Typically laptop battery time starts to drop significantly after around 150 charges while Boston-Power's batteries can be charged 1,000 times and get "like new" ...