Hello, Sorry for late answer. True is, that acer uses direct access to smartbattery. Unfortunatelly I dont know the status of the driver. Anybody else can help. I also know from Pavel Machek (CCed) that finishing the driver can be sponsored from ACER (anyone interrested now :) ? Regards Rudolf Offtopic: Is it this person your relative :) ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%E1ra_da_Cimrman
