17 result(s) displayed for battery (1 - 17 of 17):

Fuel Cells Power Base Stations

We live in a world obsessed with treating the environment better. While this statement does not apply to the entire world, the green technology movement in Europe and the US seems to be growing faster than ever. Still, when...

Posted on July 27, 2008 2:49 PM

HTC Touch Pro

The HTC Touch Pro may be the ultimate Blackberry killer. I know the term "killer" is used very often but let's look at this situation carefully... People who type a lot benefit from a keyboard. Sure, an on-screen keyboard works...

Posted on June 5, 2008 6:31 AM

Mossberg: 3G iPhone in 60 Days

Who am I to doubt Walt Mossberg the Wall Street Journal tech reviewer who gets his hands on gadgets before most others. According to Mossberg, we will have an iPhone capable of 3G speeds in less than 2 months....

Posted on April 6, 2008 2:29 PM

Polycom's Durable 8002 VoIP Phone

I have to be frank… I have never been in a meeting where I saw a product launch accompanied by a phone being slammed on a table. So I was a bit surprised when Polycom's Ben Guiderian did just that...

Posted on March 31, 2008 8:24 PM

AT&T Mobile TV

In May, millions of AT&T subscribers will have access to television via AT&T Wireless. Credit Qualcomm's MediFlow whose technology will be responsible for this service and expect it to compete with with a similar service from Verizon Wireless. What sorts...

Posted on March 28, 2008 6:25 AM

HTC Shift Vista UMPC does EV-DO

What is amazing to me is just how small full featured devices are getting. The HTC Shift ultra mobile PC or UMPC packs the Microsoft Vista OS, WiFi and now EVDO. Sure it has a weak processor, battery and...

Posted on March 19, 2008 5:03 PM

iPod Nanos Exploding in Japan

If you are reading this while listening to your iPod nano purchased in Japan, it may be time to take a few step back from this popular music player before it shoots flames.  For more information on this  problem,...

Posted on March 12, 2008 7:54 AM

More Laptop Battery Problems

You remember a few years back when Sony batteries were being recalled every few weeks from one laptop line or another. Well, we could be dealing this similar incidents again as a Samsung laptop caught fire and an LG laptop...

Posted on February 24, 2008 7:59 AM

Use Your Shirt to charge your Gadgets

The promise of nanotechnology will allow us to easily charge our consumer electronics devices as we walk and move. Specifically, US scientists have developed a microfiber that charges devices as the fiber rubs against itself. This nanogenerator takes advantage...

Posted on February 20, 2008 8:33 AM

The Disposable Laptop

If you think the disposable computer is a silly concept, you better not read this article from the New York Times about how the former CTO of the one laptop per child (OLPC) initiative is looking to make a -- get...

Posted on January 9, 2008 8:31 PM

2008 Airport Battery Rules

From the same people who brought you the alternative minimum tax comes something all new for 2008. It's what you have been waiting for. It is the equivalent of the tax code for gadget freaks. It is - virtual drum...

Posted on December 28, 2007 6:27 PM

What Toshiba is Doing Right

Wow! A while back I commented that Toshiba’s products were not very well known in the telecom space. This is an excerpt from that blog entry:   My point is the company is well-known in computing but virtually unknown in...

Posted on December 12, 2007 9:36 AM

SCiB Battery Breakthrough

The biggest problem with mobile devices has been -- and for the foreseeable future -- will be the fact that battery technology is not advancing fast enough to keep up with the power needs of today’s mobile devices. Battery breakthrough...

Posted on December 12, 2007 5:01 AM

Saitek Obsidian Mouse

I recently reviewed a Saitek Obsidian mouse. The unit is wireless and works on the 2.4 GHZ frequency. The range of the mouse is 10 meters but I only tested it at 2 and it worked fine. The mouse comes...

Posted on May 30, 2007 9:10 AM

No Laptops on Planes

Regulators are exploring how to deal with the emergence of laptop fires on airplanes. Talks of banning laptops and other battery powered devices is taking place as you read this. This is quite a horrifying thought. Here are the details...

Posted on March 6, 2007 7:29 AM

News for Buster Poindexter

Do you remember that song -- How you feelin - hot hot hot!? It was one of those weird offbeat kind of classic-pop songs (listen). I was reminded of this song recently when I heard one of the Apple laptops...

Posted on August 29, 2006 5:45 PM

Recallapalooza Good For You and Me

A universal battery standard is great but wouldn’t it be even better if we had a universal AC adapter for laptops? Is it possible that recallapalooza will benefit consumers in the long run?...

Posted on August 24, 2006 9:54 PM