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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

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

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

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

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

Samsung unleashes hybrid hard drive

News Samsung says laptop users will get an extra half hour of battery life and be able to boot up their computers faster using its hybrid hard drive, which will come out in PCs in 2007. Spinning drives are one of the most power-hungry components in a...

16 May 2006, 12:24

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

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

Apple debuts new U2 iPod

News Apple Computer on Tuesday released a new version of its U2 Special Edition iPod music player, with a 30GB storage capacity and 14-hour battery life for £239. The first U2 iPod, which was released in October 2004, held 20GB, had a 12-hour battery...

7 June 2006, 11:21

Samsung brings 32GB solid state disk to UK laptops

News Hence they are faster, more reliable and consume less power, which means they run cooler and help boost battery life. The drive is likely to attract very tech-savvy buyers who want faster boot times, more reliable laptops or better battery life.

23 May 2007, 10:22

Power-saving ideas for laptops at IDF

News Other companies, however, are working on hoarding energy by extending battery life and by inventing power-saving displays. Intel hopes to see laptops with eight hours of battery life as a standard feature by the end of the decade, said Kamal Shah...

9 March 2006, 9:26

News.blog: Dell launches its new Latitude

News For Latitude, we focus on the corporate or commercial space," said Allison Gardner, senior product marketer for Dell.users are highly mobile, travelling, even if just travelling within their office, so we prioritise weight and battery life.

21 June 2006, 10:47

Intel shows off Origami-like device

News In later generations, probably next year or later, the devices could have the pocket size, all-day battery life and $500 (£300)price that Microsoft and Intel are aiming for, Graff said in an interview.

8 March 2006, 11:26

Photos: Asia's top ten MP3 players

News Weaknesses: No extras included, such as a dock, AV cables, or a power adaptor; poor battery life for video; slight delay when playing video; no guarantee that your non-iTunes Music Store video will play on an iPod, even after using converted third...

3 July 2006, 11:24

World of Origami further unfolds

News But it's unclear whether the new crop of devices will do that much to address the two biggest criticisms of the category: price and battery life. Brown noted that by switching to its chips, Samsung was able to achieve 5 hours of battery life on its...

22 December 2006, 9:03

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