battery life

Mobile Wi-Fi battery life extended

News Shortened battery life in phones using Wi-Fi is an issue that has been "solved" in the latest generation of smart phones, the founder of Internet telephony company Truphone has claimed. Truphone founder and chief executive James Tagg says that the...

13 March 2007, 9:59 > More matches in News

Mobile users want longer battery life, not music

News Mobile TV and MP3 players are all very well, according to mobile phone users, but longer battery life is top of their feature wish-list. A survey of global mobile users by research firm TNS found that two-thirds of phone and PDA owners said the...

22 September 2005, 10:30 > More matches in News

Extend your mobile phone's battery life

Digital Living Reducing screen brightness will save battery life, but make sure you can still see it in daylight. Nowadays phones have a tonne of functions and all of them drain battery power, so if you don't need something, switch it off.

14 June 2006, 15:50 > More matches in Digital Living

Which kind of battery is best?

Reviews Allow for more intelligent battery gauges that more accurately measure remaining capacity Proprietary batteries come in all shapes and sizes, to best fit a given camera Batteries designed specifically for a particular model or product line.

12 May 2005, 20:49 > More matches in Reviews

New mobile screens cut battery use

News Qualcomm and others are promoting new screen technology for handhelds and mobile devices that can stay on all day without sapping battery life, thanks to the sun or liquids. A new breed of screens for mobile phones, now in development, is getting...

12 June 2006, 11:35 > More matches in News

Laptop Battery Power Monitor

Downloads If you place your mouse over the battery, your battery's charge status, total hours remaining, and percentage of battery life remaining will be displayed. Laptop Battery Power Monitor allows you to track the battery power of your laptop.

23 August 2006, 8:31 > More matches in Downloads

NEC makes eco-friendly battery for data backup

News Scientists have been working to improve battery life and make them more eco-friendly than alkaline batteries since the mid-'50s, when solar-powered batteries were introduced. Japan's NEC is developing a new type of eco-friendly battery designed to...

8 August 2005, 9:50 > More matches in News

Can anything douse the battery flames?

News To date, most of the interest has been around trying to improve battery life and run time in portable electronics. The materials inside the battery -- mostly zinc, zinc oxide and water -- aren't flammable.

16 August 2006, 11:28 > More matches in News

Dell Latitude D420 review

Reviews According to Dell, the Latitude D420 is designed for highly mobile users who value size, weight, battery life and durability over all other aspects of computer use. The idea behind it is that battery life is prolonged as the screen is never...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: dell, ports, base, brightness

22 September 2006, 17:16 > More matches in Reviews

Samsung J600 review

Reviews Reception was also impressive and the battery life is above average. It doesn't cost the earth at around £70 SIM-free or on Virgin Mobile and other selected pay as you go networks, yet it looks a million dollars and boasts good battery life and...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: samsung, nokia, battery life, handset

18 October 2007, 17:49 > More matches in Reviews

Lenovo ThinkPad X41 review

Reviews Only the amazing 6-hour, 24-minute battery life of the Sony VAIO VGN-T250 lasts longer in this class of mighty mites. The latest in a long line of ThinkPad X notebooks, the ThinkPad X41 delivers the best combination yet of performance, battery life...

Editor's rating   6.7

Tags: lenovo, wi fi, slot, battery life

19 May 2005, 22:50 > More matches in Reviews

Replace your iPod's battery

Digital Living The life, or lack thereof, of the iPod's battery has been the subject of much debate. But sites such as PDASmart and ipodbattery.com sell replacement batteries for much less, and in some cases -- especially if your iPod is quite old -- can actually...

11 May 2005, 12:43 > More matches in Digital Living

Reality check for over-hyped Origami PC

News Bill Gates' vision of an ultramobile PC seemed like a winner: a device with all-day battery life, yet small enough to fit in a pocket and much cheaper than a laptop. Intel, too, sees a bigger market if the industry can produce smaller devices with...

9 March 2006, 10:34 > More matches in News

O2 Jet: Duracell Bunny eat your heart out

Crave Crave often gets asked why the battery life on mobile phones is so bad. One solution to battery life problems is to follow some of our tips and turn everything, aside from the phone itself, off. The answer is that while technical developments...

Tags: o2, life, battery, battery life

23 October 2006, 11:47 > More matches in Crave

Photos: Vista's battery woes

News Early testers are finding Vista laptops get less battery life than the same machines running Windows XP. As with past versions, users can choose to maximise battery life at the expense of performance, maximise performance or opt for a balanced...

5 June 2006, 10:01 > More matches in News