battery life

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, 14:50

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, 11:43

What is the difference between Intel's Centrino and Core Duo?

Digital Living Centrino' is a marketing term for a type of laptop that promotes wireless network interoperability and long battery life, while 'Core' refers to the processor itself. Core Solo CPUs represent the bottom rung -- they come in several guises but each...

30 May 2007, 10:34

Do more with your iPod

Digital Living Don't let the battery die completely To get the most life out of your battery, don't let it discharge fully -- that is, don't run it until it's dead. If you recharge your iPod's battery less frequently, there's a good chance the battery will...

9 May 2005, 14:49

mobiBLU DAH-1900

Digital Living mobiBLU's DAH-1900 MP3 player combines an extraordinary 153 hours of battery life with very ordinary styling, features and sound. Does its incredible stamina make up for its inability to cross the finish line with panache?

7 April 2006, 17:28

Samsung YP-Z5

Digital Living Samsung's YP-Z5 challenges the iPod nano with visually impressive menus, straightforward music transfers and double the battery life, but the control system doesn't quite measure up. Does it get a high five or a consoling pat?

24 March 2006, 13:30

Samsung YH-999

Digital Living However, we were disappointed with the battery life -- at 3 hours the battery will expire long before your movies do. The YH-999 is a world away from the clunky 'pocket'-sized TVs we were once lumbered with.

10 May 2005, 16:20

A mobile phone to take me home?

Digital Living The main problem with all these solutions is battery life. The battery on your mobile will drain very quickly due to the demands of the GPS receiver or a Bluetooth connection. I work all over the UK, but until now I haven't bought a sat-nav because...

28 April 2006, 10:49

Do Aibos dream of electric sheep?

Digital Living Aibo comes with a docking station where he can recharge his battery, some cards he can read with his camera and that give him instructions, a toy ball and a plastic bone. We live in a world of over-worked parents who are having children later and...

12 October 2005, 9:10

Which simple mobile phone?

Digital Living It features a long battery life, built-in torch and is relatively easy to use. Can you suggest a simple-to-use mobile phone with no frills, suitable for my sister-in-law who is 87 years of age? Believe it or not, finding a simple-to-use, no-frills...

20 April 2006, 11:47

Which camcorder format?

Digital Living Recording quality is generally excellent, especially with 3CCD models and battery life and record times are long. Dear CNET, I'm confused by all the camcorder formats available at the moment. Should I choose a hard disk-based camcorder, a DVD...

25 May 2006, 15:15

Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC

Digital Living It would be easy to dismiss the Newton's greyscale screen as inferior to the Q1's full-colour display, but Apple's choice of a greyscale LCD is one of the reasons the Newton enjoys over 30 hours of continuous battery life, compared to the Q1's 2.5...

27 July 2006, 16:39

Festival photos that rock!

Digital Living SLRs like the D70 and EOS 350D have an extremely long battery life, so there's no need to worry about running out before the festival is over. The first thing you'll need to figure out is what camera to pick for a weekend camping in foreign fields.

17 August 2005, 14:35

The Cloud, the Screen and the Hand

Digital Living The Treo is by no means perfect: it's not the best sounding phone I've ever used, it's big compared to some of the lovely small phones we review here at CNET.co.uk, and the battery life is pretty useless if you're doing a lot of email.

Tags: jobs, care, flow, address book

20 May 2006, 7:58

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living Already my rucksack is showing the strain, but I still need to find space for the cables that connect everything together, the battery chargers and power adaptors that keep it all working, the socket adaptors that let me plug in the power adaptors...

8 March 2006, 15:02