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New lithium-ion batteries can last 20 years, be charged over 10,000 times

, Feb 4th 2010 Discuss [1]

Japanese company Eamex has claimed that they’ve discovered a way to significantly increase the lifespan of the high-capacity lithium-ion batteries that are used in hybrids/electric vehicles.  The new battery technology may go through over 10,000 times , and last approximately 20 years.  That’s leagues better than what we have at the moment - read on to see how they actually do just that. Read The Full Story

Scosche solBAT II solar-powered cellphone battery

, Feb 3rd 2010 Discuss [2]

There's money to be made from earth-friendly gadgets, and there's an iPhone-owning audience out there crying out for extra juice in their smartphones, so trust Scosche to put the two together.  The Scosche solBAT II is, daft punctuation aside, a reasonably sensible solar-powered external battery, which comes with both a windshield mount and a universal carabineer for easy positioning. Read The Full Story

Panasonic unveils new safer laptop battery tech

, Dec 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

Massive amounts of batteries for laptops have been recalled over the last few years for risk of fire. The batteries were recalled due to the risk that the battery would short circuit and lead to a fire. Several battery related fires have been reported. Read The Full Story

Apple 3D head-tracking, iPod track pattern memory & improved power monitoring among patent applications

, Dec 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Apple's engineers have been busy beavering away at patent applications again, and 3D head-tracking displays, intelligent iPod playback and more active battery management all seem to be on the Cupertino workbench.  Of the three, the most interesting is probably Apple's work to use video, infrared or electromagnetic field tracking to move an on-screen object or interface according to the angle at which you're looking at it.  Not only would the system work for 3D objects, but 2D UIs could be fanned or scrolled through depending on head position. Read The Full Story

HTC HD2 to get capacitive stylus and extended battery

, Nov 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

HTC's range of accessories for the HD2 pales against the array of options from which you can outfit your iPhone 3GS, but the company do have at least a few interesting things in the works.  We've already heard about the HD2 car-kit, which automatically kicks the Windows Phone into a finger-friendly navigation mode, but now they've apparently confirmed a special stylus for use with the capacitive touchscreen is coming, together with an extended battery. Read The Full Story

DEXIM unveils P-Flip Foldable Power Dock for iPhone

, Sep 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

I have checked out some DEXIM products before for my iPhone and found them to work very well for keeping me juiced up on the road. The company has today announced a new line of foldable docking stations for the iPhone called the P-Flip line. Read The Full Story

Nitrox iconn+ iPhone 3G battery case hands-on

, Sep 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Nitrox didn't just bring along their latest Bluetooth devices for us to look at today; they also had a new leather battery-case for the iPhone 3G.  Like the Mophie Juice Pack that we rate so highly, the Nitrox iconn+ promises to roughly runtime thanks to its integrated 1,200mAh Li-Ion battery; however unlike the Mophie, the iconn+ has a flap-down leather cover that protects the smartphone's display. Read The Full Story

Energizer ‘D’ rechargeable battery cracked open: cheaper, low-power AA lurks inside

, Aug 27th 2009 Discuss [7]

For most people, a battery is a mysterious little pack of magic, containing the juice that makes our gadgets flash and bleep (and then run out just when we really need them).  For Energizer, it seems, batteries are an opportunity to perform some mild deception: it turns out that inside the chunky, D-sized casing of an Energizer rechargeable is a spacer-clad sub-C cell AA battery offering far less power than you'd expect. Update: Commenter huskyboy1978 points out that's not an AA battery, but a production-sized sub-C cell. Read The Full Story

Pilots Union calls for Li-Ion cargo ban over fire risk

, Aug 26th 2009 Discuss [0]

Lithium-ion batteries could soon be unwelcome in plane cargo holds, if the world's largest pilots union has its way; in the wake of several explosions where bulk amounts of the batteries have caused fires, the organization is calling for a ban on their transport by plane.  However the ban would not affect individual passengers bringing devices powered by lithium-ion batteries - such as laptops and cellphones - onto planes, though there may be some confusion with checked luggage should li-ion batteries be left inside. Read The Full Story

MSI X-Slim X340 gets new 8hr+ battery, stiffer keyboard, cheaper price

, Aug 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

It's perhaps a fact of life that with age comes a paunch, but who would've thought the MSI X-Slim X340 would go from toned ultraportable to tubby laptop so quickly?  The company have been showing off their updated model, which gets a girth increase thanks to a new, extended 8-cell battery intended to address complaints about poor runtimes. Read The Full Story

Lenovo battery recall impacts six model ranges

, Aug 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Lenovo have issued a battery recall for certain ThinkPad models, which may either throw up "irreparable damage" or "battery cannot be charged" error messages, or simply have unusually low capacity.  The issue affects models from the company's ThinkPad T60, T61, R60, R61, X60 and X61 ranges, though only specific batteries for those notebooks. Read The Full Story

Microsoft’s Zune HD Gets Specs Shown Off [Updated]

, Aug 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

We've moved on from speculation and rumors, and now we finally have the cold hard facts regarding the Zune HD. And if you're anything like us, then you're eagerly anticipating the release of this PMP. Of course, nothing has really changed regarding the physical specs, but we now know the battery life, as well as the vide0 capabilities of this device. Read The Full Story
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