Category | Battery

A Warning about ‘Smart’ Device Battery Life.

Posted on 15 January 2010

As we move to active and connected standby scenarios and and extremely wide power ‘envelope’ for connected devices there will be problems in determining the true, real-world battery life of a connected device. This article addresses the issue.

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Gigabyte Touchnote T1028 (and 912M) Extended Battery Test.

Posted on 30 July 2009

The Gigabyte Touchnote T1028M [details] is a great convertible netbook. I’ve been using one as my main laptop for nearly 4 months now and I’m very very happy with it. Of course I’ve retro-fitted one of the new…

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Tec-City Power Bank Solutions for Netbooks and UMPCs

Posted on 09 June 2009

Firstly, I need to point out that Tec-City are manufacturers so you won’t be able to buy these products from Tec-City as a consumer. If you’re a reseller or distributor though, you might want to take a look because they…

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How will your computing habits change when we reach all day battery life?

Posted on 12 March 2009

This thought popped into my head today for no reason what-so-ever and I wanted to see if I could get a discussion started.

Imagine this: One year ago, there was a huge battery breakthrough. All of your mobile tech gadgets…

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More smartphone battery life red-flags.

Posted on 30 January 2009

Jon Stokes, one of my favourite mobility-focused journalists, wrote in ARS Technica about battery life on the Palm Pre a few days ago and brings up one of my favourite topics. Battery life.

It’s a real issue for smartphones now…

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How long does your smartphone last in ‘MID’ mode?

Posted on 16 January 2009

I think it’s fair to say that if you use a smartphone like a MID, it isn’t going to last long. My N82 lasts for about three hours; less if I’m using 3G. The iPhone, about 4 hours under heavy…

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Vaio P – what about the battery life?

Posted on 08 January 2009

The tech world is practically in a state of euphoria because of the new Vaio P, and its not hard to see why. Its an amazing looking small netbook, with quality components and features. What more do you need? The…

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More battery life test results for the NC10

Posted on 13 December 2008

The hard working guys over at UMPCFever in Hong Kong have completed a set of tests on the battery life of the Samsung NC10. The results range from 4hrs 42 mins right up to over 8hrs. Heavy web browsing returned…

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Hat Tip Samsung. (More on NC10 battery life)

Posted on 12 November 2008

I apologise for my possibly over-extended coverage of the Samsung NC10 battery life. This will be the last post on the matter I promise.

As we’ve seen in previous Laptop Magazine tests and my brief

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NC10 battery life.

Posted on 10 November 2008

I’ve already posted about this, twice. Samsung have some great engineers.

I had the chance to look at an NC10 (#1 device on the portal right now) at the netbook meeting in Cologne on Saturday and…

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HTC Shift extended Battery from Mugen.

Posted on 24 September 2008

I recall seeing this solution a while back on JKKMobile but Paul from MoDaCo has now got one for testing. Its a 47Wh battery pack for the HTC Shift from Mugen which should allow about 5hrs online…

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MSI Wind extended battery tests

Posted on 09 September 2008

Kevin C. Tofel over at JKotR has spent some time benchmarking the 6-cell extended battery for the MSI Wind. I have to say, I’m really impressed. Using BatteryEater, Kevin was getting 3 hours and 39 minutes running…

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Solar UMPC Camping.

Posted on 30 July 2008

I’m going camping over the next four days. Here’s the kit that’s going to keep me productive.

[The Wife and little-one have planned a last-minute camping trip together and I was due to stay home and work but I've…

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85% of people want 4 hours or more battery life.

Posted on 29 July 2008

A clear message to UMPC OEM’s

Whats the minimum battery life you consider to be suitable for an Ultra Mobile device in 2008?

2 hours

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5 hours

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Kohjinsha SC3 – Battery life breakdown and tips.

Posted on 28 July 2008

As you might have read, I have been very disappointed with the battery life figures on the Kohjinsha SC3. I was expecting a lot lot more from an Ultra Mobile PC built on Intel’s latest battery-optimised Menlow platform but…

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Hanno’s Battery Rant. In full and Supported by UMPCPortal!

Posted on 23 July 2008

Author: Hanno Zulla
Original article appears on Hanno’s blog. Reprinted in full with permission.

When it comes to portable electronic gadgets, there are three major annoyances.

The three hour limit must fall


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