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Archive for January, 2009

The Mili Power Pack For iPhone

The Mili Power Pack For iPhone

[ 1 ] January 22, 2009

Owners of the iPhone have a lot to look forward to tomorrow as the Santa Monica iPhone accessory maker Phonesuit.com officially makes their Mili Power Pack available for purchase. The silky smooth looking power pack fits perfectly with the iPhone’s appearance, and adds hours upon hours of power to the life of your iPhone’s charge. [...]

An Exciting Period For New Battery Technology

[ 0 ] January 22, 2009

I can’t remember there ever being a period when so much time, effort, creativity, and especially money was put to the cause of harnessing and storing energy. With the advent of new renewable energy technology taking place like never before, the methods and engineering behind just how to store these new types of energy are [...]

Batteries Weighing Heavy On Landfills…..What To Do?

Batteries Weighing Heavy On Landfills…..What To Do?

[ 13 ] January 21, 2009

Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past few years, possibly even the past decade, you have at some point realized that going “green” is one of the trendiest and most cliche marketing ploys around. Many products marketed as “green” have taken legitimate steps to make what they are selling more environmentally friendly, and [...]

Dell vs. HP- And The Winner Is…..

Dell vs. HP- And The Winner Is…..

[ 1 ] January 20, 2009

Apparently Dell was none too pleased with rival competitor Hewlett Packard’s boastful claims of better battery life. Specifically, the claim by HP’s Fred Bullock at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that the battery life of it’s Elitebook 6930p outperforms those of the laptops being put out by Dell, even running up to [...]

Palm Pre’s Power

Palm Pre’s Power

[ 3 ] January 20, 2009

One of the common questions surrounding the upcoming Palm Pre is in regards to the battery size and battery life Palm will be offering up in their new product. With the smart-phone market becoming ever more crowded(although still being dominated by the iPhone), the size and life of the batteries used in the phones will [...]

Wristband Battery Charger: Useful or Just Plain Dorky?

[ 0 ] January 19, 2009

Feeling the need to remain “plugged in” is one thing, going to the length of attaching a wristband(leash?) with a battery charger sticking out of it is a whole other. Apparently there are enough people who simply can’t bare the thought of not being plugged in that our friends at Chinavasion have decided to come [...]

Hitachi Maxell Going “Leak-Free”

Hitachi Maxell Going “Leak-Free”

[ 1 ] January 16, 2009

Coming out on April Fool’s Day 2009, Hitachi Maxell Ltd is setting out to put an end to battery leakage with a “zero-leakage design” addition to their alkaline battery line “Voltage.” The new battery, also being called “Voltage”, is said to have been developed with a new zinc alloy to reduce the amount of residual, [...]

Apogee Hypes A New Line of Cordless Power Tools

[ 1 ] January 15, 2009

Silicon Valley based Apogee Power Inc just announced the launch of it’s new Nano-Technology Enhanced, Lithium cordless power tools and power tool replacement batteries. For the past 6 years, the clean tech battery research company has been quietly working to develop a complete line of impact cordless power tools and battery packs which incorporate its [...]

Toyota Announces Battery-Electric Car

[ 0 ] January 15, 2009

One of the major announcements that took place at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) currently going on in Detroit, MI is the confirmation from Toyota of it’s plan to launch an urban commuter battery-electric vehicle by 2012. The world’s largest automobile maker and manufacturer of the first mass produced hybrid vehicle, the ultra-popular [...]

The Goods Surrounding Apple’s Revamped 17-inch MacBook Pro

The Goods Surrounding Apple’s Revamped 17-inch MacBook Pro

[ 1 ] January 14, 2009

Now that the rumors surrounding the battery on Apple’s revamped 17-inch MacBook Pro have been confirmed, the details surrounding the changes and how they will affect MacBook Pro users are coming to light. And, overall, they seem to be getting a fairly positive response.