Tag: BATTERY LIFE

The first U.S.'s first 4G smartphone is officially available this morning. The HTC Evo 4G can be snagged for $199 (after a mail-in rebate) when you sign a two year contract with Sprint. With a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, a 4.3-inch touchscreen, an 8-megapixel camera capable of recording HD video, a front facing camera for video calls and HDMI out, the spec sheet of the Evo 4G reads like a geek's ...

Share There are tons of tips for stretching your batteries to the limit. The New York Times has run yet another collection of such suggestions, and a lot of them should sound quite familiar. By now, most of you know to: dim your screen; turn off 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS; and check your mail manually rather than using a battery-killing push function. But did you know also that your choice ...

The War of the Web Browsers mostly takes place on one battlefield: speed. And while Google's Chrome is the clear winner on that front, there are other skirmishes -- like those over add-ons and resource usage -- of which Firefox is the clear victor. Until now the only victories that Internet Explorer could claim were 'Largest Install Base' and 'Most Vulnerable to Hackers.' But tech blog AnandTech ...

Anyone who has shopped for a laptop knows that a manufacturer's estimated battery life is estimated pretty liberally. Usually, the numbers are based on a test called MobileMark 2007, which measures how long a computer's battery lasts under conditions that are, to be polite about it, completely unrealistic. The screen is set to 20-percent brightness, Wi-Fi and any other wireless tech shut off, ...

Some big brains at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed battery technology that could change the way we charge up our cell phones, cameras and other devices, according to the MIT News. The technology involves a change in the channeling of lithium ions through -- you guessed it -- lithium ion batteries. Created by MIT Professor Gerbrand Ceder and graduate student Byoungwoo ...

If your camera takes AA batteries, you should know that regular alkalines die in a fraction of the time that Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) types do. For the best possible battery performance, look for a rating of 1850 mAh or higher. And, while you're at it, buy rechargeable versions instead of landfill-clogging disposables. Click here for more Tech Tips. ...

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Dell_XT2_multitouch_tablet_official_11_hours_battery_life'; The machine translation is pretty weak, but Dell's 12.1-inch (1,280 x 800 pixel) Latitude XT2 looks to have just made its first tentative steps in a global launch. The video posted after the break comes courtesy of Korean site, AVING, where the convertible tablet was apparently just released. ...

Feeling the hurt of endlessly dying batteries on your BlackBerry (or iPhone, if that's what you're into)? Atif Shamim, a PhD student at Canada's Carleton University might have the medicine for that pain of yours. He's cleverly hacked such devices, removing all the wires that connect the electrical circuits to the antenna, and developed a module for the connection to operate wirelessly. The result, ...

Battery life is often the determining factor when we buy consumer electronics products. How does a cell phone with two years of stand-by time sound to you? A new phone out of China promises just that, giving you two years of stand-by time and two to three days of active talking time -- all without plugging the phone into the charger even once. You may be thinking this device, Solo Mobi model ...

Cell phones have come a long way in terms of features and styling, but the issue of battery life, or having enough of it, remains strong. Yes, you can keep your battery juiced up for days if you don't talk on the phone ever, but what's the use of that? And sure, you can carry your admittedly portable charger with you to work, but try taking it out with you for a night out on the town -- it's ...

Some days, we all just like to talk on the phone a lot. We also sometimes forget to charge our phones before we leave the house. And let's face it, carrying our cell-phone-charger around with us all day (or overnight) is often impractical. So what phones are ideal for the sort of person that often finds themselves in charger-less jams? Take a look at our roundup, in which we picked ten ...

If you're the type who likes to gab for seven or eight hours at a time on your cellie and thought that the iPhone's measly five hours just wouldn't cut it, rejoice, because you're now officially out of excuses for ignoring Apple's latest when it drops in two weeks. Apple has announced that iPhone users can expect eight hours of talk time from a single charge, six hours of Internet surfing, or some ...