I doubt it, the company I use to work for use to buy in exactly the same batteries as the M3. I assume that they can be programmed via the terminals since when you try to use a M3 battery in a GE unit it recognises they weren't purchased from GE! I get a feeling all GE has done is programmed them so that the standard battery can't be used, doubt there's any difference in performance between the batteries purchased from Philips, GE or original manufacturer!
Ps. In the previous use I saw the batteries being used for, the company didn't bother tweaking them, just used them direct from the smart cell manufacturer. Perhaps philips have done the same?
Geoff if your talking about Universal Charger for smart batteries Euro Energy already sell
one, one advantage of using off the shelf batteries.
