With RIM eagerly prepping for a first quarter release of the new BlackBerry PlayBook (many expect it to ship the U.S. beginning in March), many are wondering aloud if RIM’s battery life will be comparable to the 10-hr battery life of it’s main competitor, Apple’s uber-popular iPad. To that query, senior product lead Ryan Bidan [...]
When Tim Cook/Steve Jobs recently confirmed that Apple is indeed working on an iPad 2, speculation regarding how they would improve on the groundbreaking iPad was rampant. One of the main things prospective iPad 2 owners want to know is whether or not the same impressive battery life enjoyed by its predecessor will accompany the [...]
“Different strokes for different folks” That timeless saying is quite honestly the best way to sum up the millions of different ways and reasons that people use their laptops. And while a continued advance in laptop power management allows users to customize and extend their machine’s battery life better than ever before, there’s still a [...]
AMD, the California-based tech giant that has emerged as one of the world’s leading developers of computer processors, is set to display its new Fusion APU (Accelerated Processing Units) this week in Las Vegas at CES 2011. The Fusion chip is being touted as an industry game-changer and, aside from various other major benefits, is [...]
Let’s see a show of hands- Who loves beer?…..That’s what I thought. For the multitudes of beer-lovers throughout the world, the Beer Battery Widget v2.1 for Android is an ideal way to keep track of how much battery life is left on your phone. It’s a very simple concept; just pay attention to how much [...]
It’s a fairly simple concept- Adding more features to a particular device increases the amount of energy required to properly function. And it’s exactly why the Nintendo 3DS is facing questions about its battery life as it comes closer to the February 26, 2011 launch date. In a recent Conference Q&A with Nintendo investors, Nintendo [...]
The more time you spend on your laptop, the more you’ll appreciate and understand the importance of its battery life. The truth is, regardless of how much your laptop is capable of, it’s only as good as the battery that keeps it powered. With that in mind, here are 6 very important things you should [...]
The mere thought of 10 hr. battery life on a laptop will bring a smile to almost anyone’s face. Apple of course is well aware of this, which is why it has apparently created the latest version of their MacBook with the same lengthy amount of battery life as the recently released MacBook Pro.
Forget 3, 4, or even 5 day battery life for cellular phones. If Intel delivers on a new promise, it could mean as much as ten days of standby on smartphones, as well as two days of audio playback. As noted by xIntelecom, An Atom-based platform, known as ‘Moorestown’, has been announced by the firm, [...]
Just days away from the highly-anticipated release of the Apple iPad, reviews of the device are all over the place. And while Steve Jobs’ latest gadget is being called everything from “absurd” to “the laptop killer”, most seem to agree that the battery life of the iPad will meet and even exceed initial expectations-
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