The Verve uses an all-new lithium ion battery known as the LI-30B. Like the camera itself, the 30B is quite small -- in terms of both physical size and power (2.3 Wh of energy). Olympus says that you can take just 100 photos per charge using the CIPA battery life standard, which is well below average. Compare that with 140 photos on the Canon PowerShot SD300, 120 photos on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX7, 160 photos on the Pentax Optio S5i, and a shopping 390 photos on the Casio Exilim EX-Z50 (how do they do it?).



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