battery life

Photos: Dell's Latitude E series claims 19-hour battery life

Crave Dell reckons its E-series machines have better battery life than anything else in their class -- up to 19 hours. There's also a Centrino 2 sticker, which basically indicates it has good battery life and is Wi-Fi'd up to the eyeballs.

13 August 2008, 15:32

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

Photos: Polymer Vision's Readius with rollable display

Crave It just looks so much like paper and it has a massive battery life. What left the biggest impression, though, was the ten-day battery life, which means you can literally read an entire book on it without needing to recharge.

14 February 2007, 11:24

Intel vs. AMD: Centrino Duo/Turion 64 X2 laptop showdown

Crave Like the Centrino Duo chips, the X2 is designed with multi-tasking performance and long battery life in mind. We'll let you know how the X2 laptop fared in the other critical area of laptop performance -- battery life -- in the coming days, and...

Tags: amd, core, windows vista, processor

25 May 2006, 12:23

Interview with an iPod killer: Sony NW-E507

Crave I've got a serious-looking 'organic' LCD screen and a 50-hour battery life. Is a long battery life going to give you the stamina to go the distance? So, Sony NW-E507, how do you plan to beat the iPod?

Tags: sony uk, ipod, battery, life

25 May 2005, 11:17

Photos: Hands-on with the Canon HF10 flash HD camcorder

Crave You don't have to turn it on to check remaining battery time, and you see that information as a percentage of battery life. With flash memory capacity expanding, media card support making memory expandable, and a long-play option available, filming...

25 April 2008, 11:12

A blueprint for the perfect phone

Crave Talking to people every day about phones, the four themes that come up time and time again are design, usability, features and battery life. This screen is visible in almost any light and would display essential info such as battery life, signal...

18 June 2007, 14:24

Asus Eee PC battery issues: Shut up, get over it

Crave In some other countries, including the US, Eee PCs come with a larger 5800mAh battery, which gives them a slightly longer battery life. Then there's the fact that Asus has just released a BIOS upgrade for the Eee, which it says can offer up to 3.5...

Tags: asus, pcs, battery, consumers

2 June 2008, 12:38

Eee PC 1000HD: Another Asus netbook announced

Crave The Eee PC 1000HD doesn't care for the performance and battery life of these new-fangled Atom chips from Intel. Plus, the 1000HD has the 1000's 10-inch display and boasts up to 5 hours of battery life.No details on UK availability or pricing are...

Tags: asus, battery life, battery, life

24 July 2008, 11:00

Intel's new Core 2 Duo L7200 and L7400: Completely pointless?

Crave If you're buying an ultraportable and your main concern is battery life, you're probably better off getting an ultra low-voltage chip such as the 1.06GHz U2400 CPU in the Asus U1 -- which has a TDP of 9W.

Tags: intel, power, battery, law

8 February 2007, 10:44

Apple unveils new iPods and gives us a sneak peek at iTV

Crave It has a 1GB capacity, a 12-hour battery life and comes with a built-in clip so you can attach it to your belt, t-shirt or even your ear if you want to. The screen is 60 per cent brighter on both devices, and the battery life has been increased to...

Tags: apple, section, mini, albums

13 September 2006, 13:24

Nikon launches Coolpix P5100, S51c, L15 and friends

Crave It still has the 3x zoom and 61mm screen, but the unique selling point is battery life. All compact camera life is here: 6-, 7-, 8- and 12-megapixel counts, extended battery life, sensor-shifting vibration reduction, big screens, metal bodies, and...

17 September 2007, 16:42

Santa Rosa: Crave goes hands on with the new Centrino

Crave The original Centrino platform very much revolutionised the laptop market in 2003 by promoting the message of long battery life and ubiquitous wireless connectivity. Obviously, cranking up the FSB will have a detrimental impact on battery life...

2 May 2007, 18:06

Crave TV: Meet the gesture-controlled Toshiba UMPC

Crave What about battery life? The standard model uses a lithium-polymer battery, but the company has already developed a prototype that uses a direct methanol fuel cell, which gives the UMPC an all-day battery life.

17 January 2008, 9:18

Photos: Hands-on with the UK iRiver Lplayer

Crave And secondly, 12 hours of battery life is frankly underwhelming -- the tiny iPod shuffle matches this battery performance, so we feel the Lplayer should at least hit the 18-20 hour mark. Perhaps our main criticism so far -- aside from battery life...

7 July 2008, 12:12