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It's not the size of "droplets" of water they're talking about, it's the clusters of water molecules. Water is very polar and a molecule in liquid water is hydrogen-bonded to several other molecules in the near vicinity. Hydrogen bonds aren't static though, so protons are effectively jumping along water molecules at high speed. They're claiming to have changed the hydrogen-bonding nature of water to make the water molecules form into small clusters.
I don't have a lot of chemistry schooling, but if they claim they've altered the bonding patterns of the molecules with sound waves, I wouldn't write it off as complete bullshit JUST yet. It's possible that high energy sound waves could affect the hydrogen bond behaviour, but if it did, it would definitely be a short-lived effect. So basically, I don't know if what they're saying is true or not, but the bottled water you buy is NOT the same water they used in their experiments (the "super water"). With the removal of the sound waves, the molecules would soon revert back to their normal (lower energy, more stable) hydrogen-bonding behaviour. So by the time it goes from Vladimir's lab in Moscow to the grocery store shelf to your stomach, it's just regular ass water.
Now that's assuming what they claim MIGHT be true. But as for the water entering cells faster, that's definitely complete bullshit. Aquaporins allow water to enter a cell at 10^9 molecules per second, per aquaporin. Some cell membranes are littered with aquaporins, so the cell can let in a huge amount of water when it wants to. (The aquaporins are open for a very short time). However, simple diffusion across a membrane is SLOW. They state that their "clustering" would have no effect on aquaporins, but MAYBE it speeds up simple diffusion. Well that's like standing on the back of your power boat and blowing as hard as you can to try to make it go faster.
Anyway, I thought I'd elaborate on some of the more technical things they mentioned to avoid any confusion.
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