Bad news for Garmin today, with the announcement that the PND company is recalling around 1.25m nuvi GPS systems over concerns that third-party batteries may overheat and, potentially, cause fires. Owners of Garmin nuvi 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT (where xx is a two-digit number) PNDs should check out the company's special site, punch in the serial number and see if they're affected; if so, the unit will have to be sent back (at no cost, naturally) for battery replacement.
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Galaxy S official accessories revealed: Desk & Car docks, DLNA HD streamer [Update: pricing!]
Samsung has outed a range of official accessories for their popular Galaxy S smartphone, including both desktop and in-car docks together with portable charger for juicing up a spare battery. As with docks we've seen for Motorola phones, the Samsung versions recharge the Galaxy S; however Samsung also offer a free Desk Home app in the Android Market that automatically manages daytime/nighttime brightness and provides one-touch access to the Daily Briefing, alarm clock, music, pictures, movie gallery and local weather.
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Stowamatic GT2 Makes Carrying Your Golf Clubs Easier
We're not necessarily sure that golf, as a whole, needs to be made easier (at least, not the walking part), but if it does, then what better place to start than carrying your clubs? We know that driving that cart around may not be all that great, so walking from one whole to another may be your only option. And you're probably tired of dragging that bag around everywhere. So here's the Stowamatic GT2, with a nice little battery to help you along.
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DigiPower Jump Start Slim Battery Pack Costs $29.95, Adds Plenty of Juice
As our gadgets get more advanced, one of the things that seems to be getting left behind, more often than not, is our battery life. As we use our toys more and more throughout the day, our patience gets tested when we see that the battery quickly goes from green to red, and we've no way to charge it while on the go. But, that's why portable battery packs exist, we imagine, and thanks to DigiPower, we'll have a remarkably small one available for purchase soon enough.
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Brother introduces batteries that charge by vibration
I always think of printers where I hear the name Brother. The company makes a lot more than that though and it has unveiled some new batteries in AA and AAA sizes that have some cool new tech.
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HP has expanded a battery recall on some of its notebooks for fire hazard
It seems like every time I think battery recalls for notebooks are over, they start back up again. There were huge recalls back in 2008 on notebook batteries that were overheating and posed a fire risk. In some of the higher profile cases, the notebook batteries actually exploded and caused damage to property.
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ZAP Alias electric vehicle gets new battery pack and management system
In the world of electric vehicle makers there are some major automakers like Nissan and GM hard at work on full electric vehicles as well as smaller firms like Tesla and ZAP. ZAP may be one of the smallest electric vehicle makers out there, but it has some interesting offerings like the three wheel ZAP Alias.
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Third-party Android apps causing poor battery life reckons CEO Schmidt
Google have criticised poorly-coded third party applications for disappointing Android smartphone battery life, with Google co-founder Larry Page suggesting that "If you are not getting a day, there is something wrong." Speaking with company CEO Eric Schmidt at Google Zeitgeist this week, Page responded to questions about future battery tweaks with the observation that "I have noticed there are a few people who have phones where there is software running in the background that just sort of exhausts the battery quickly."
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Nokia N8: 32GB version tipped, removable battery & QWERTY speculation
Nokia's N8 certainly seems to be creating some hype for the Finnish company, and we can't imagine that's going down too badly at Nokia HQ. Currently being picked over is the N8's ability to hook up to an external hard drive and access its files - something that we actually knew from the spec sheet back on the day of the N8's launch, since that detailed the USB on-the-go support - together with rumors that a 32GB N8 is planned together with the 16GB Nokia announced.
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Battery Engineer recharges plain batteries
I have all manner of gadgets and two kids in my house with all manner of toys. We consume lots of batteries. I have a number of rechargables around but we still use a lot of plain batteries as well.
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Freeplay ZipCharge promises long run time with fast charge
There is tons of money being spent on research into batteries. Most of that research is being conducted on batteries that will offer more run time. There is also lots of research being done on batteries that can charge faster. A battery that lasts for 15 hours in a notebook is a great thing, but one that can be recharged in 5 minutes is fantastic too.
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Hitachi develops method of doubling battery life
Batteries are key to just about every one of the most beloved gadgets we all carry. We have batteries inside our phones, iPads, MP3 players, laptops, and a myriad of other gadgets. Rechargeable batteries are also prolific in electric and hybrid cars so any new process that promises twice the life for a rechargeable battery is a major victory. We typically think about run time when it comes to rechargeable batteries, but how long the batteries last is important as well.
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