Resources

3 Resources for

battery life

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email

BNET Resources

Boeing's Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) Communication System With Ultracapacitor Technology
Maxwell's ultracapacitors are an excellent solution for - storing energy when not needed, and providing power to the CSEL radio while the soldier swaps out the battery. Battery life is always a concern in all hand held devices, but is especially crucial when loss of power can result in and...
Tags: Handheld, Battery, Soldier, Boeing Co., Maxwell Technologies, Maxwell, Battery Life, Engineering
Case studies
Linux Laptop Battery Life
Battery life is a valuable metric for improving Linux laptop power management. Battery life measurements require repeatable workloads. While BAPCo MobileMark 2005 is widely used in the industry, it runs only on Windows R XP. Intel's Open Source Technology Center has developed a battery life measurement tool-kit for making reliable...
Tags: Linux Laptop, Battery, Laptop Battery, Battery Life, Engineering, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
White papers 2006-06-26
5 Tips for Buying an Ergonomic Netbook
There are a lot of great reasons to get a netbook, either as a replacement for an aging laptop or as a secondary portable for trips when you want to travel light. Web Worker Daily just offered five tips for buying a netbook that you won't regret a month later,...
Tags: Netbook, Battery Life, Rick, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-06-23

Additional Resources

Amazon Boosts Kindle Battery Life, Adds PDF Reader
Amazon.com announced that it had increased the Kindle's battery life by up to a week on a single charge, and that it had incorporated a PDF reader into the e-reader?s design. Amazon.com's tweaks come just as the e-reader market gears up in earnest with the holiday season, with rival Barnes...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., E-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc.
News items 2009-11-24
Kindle Update Boosts Battery Life, Adds PDF Support
Amazon has boosted the battery life of its Kindle e-reader and added native support for PDF documents, and you don't even have to buy new hardware to get the benefits. The retailer says it made the battery improvements through a firmware upgrade that took six months to develop. As a...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp., Battery, Sony Reader
News items 2009-11-24
Five Tips For Better Battery Life
Tired of watching your laptop run out of juice too soon? I feel your pain. Rather than buying an extended battery or carrying a portable generator around with you though, there are a few simple and relatively painless things you can do to significantly extend your laptop's battery life. Here...
Tags: Battery, Laptop Computer, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-08-19
Windows 7 Promises Big Improvements in Battery Life
In a demonstration of two identically configured ThinkPads T400s, Intel and Microsoft claimed that a Windows XP SP2 machine consumed on average 20.2 watts, while the Windows 7 machine consumed 15.4 watts. That translated to about 1.4 hours of additional battery life, executives said. How could an operating system make...
Tags: Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
News items 2009-09-01
Extend Your Notebook's Battery Life
Seems like your notebook never has enough juice to finish the task at hand. Could be your battery's wearing out (a distinct possibility if it's more than two years old). Or, it could be that you're not squeezing every ounce of power out of it. Tech blog Friedbeef's Tech offers...
Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, notebook, Rick Broida, Travel Tips, Computers, battery
Blog posts 2007-07-09
10 Ways to Improve iPhone Battery Life
Apps, GPS, 3G -- all the great new features in the new iPhone can drain your battery in a hurry. Gizmodo serves up 10 tricks for maximizing iPhone battery life, starting with two that work with all phones: Turn down the LCD. The new iPhone's screen is...
Tags: Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-07-16
One Simple Way to Improve Cell-Phone Battery Life
Want to squeeze some extra minutes of talk time from your phone? The New York Times offers this suggestion: To maximize battery life, keep your phone out of your pocket. See, cell batteries last the longest when they're kept cool. And your pocket is chock full of...
Tags: Phone, Battery, Cell Phone, Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-02-20
Dramatically Improve Your Palm Pre's Battery Life
I've been using the Palm Pre for some months now, and I share the same lament as many other Pre owners: The battery life is kind of horrid. If I forget to charge my Pre overnight, I end up with a dead phone late the next day. But thanks to...
Tags: Phone, Palm Inc., Battery, Battery Saver, Palm Pre, Smart Phones, Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-10-02
Extend Your Notebook's Battery Life with Vista Battery Saver (Beta 2)
Are you the proud owner of a Vista-equipped notebook? [Insert your own no-one-is-the-proud-owner-of-a-Vista-anything joke here.] If so, you may have discovered that battery life leaves something to be desired. Turns out that Microsoft's highly touted Aero Glass and Sidebar features consume an inordinate amount of power. Enter Vista Battery Saver,...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Engineering, Beta 2 version, Computers, Software, battery, Microsoft Windows Vista, notebook, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-07-25
BAPCo Releases MobileMark 2005; The Latest Version of the Premier Notebook Battery Life Metric
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The latest version of the premier notebook battery life and performance under battery life metric based on real world applications was released today by BAPCoR. The Business Application Performance Corporation BAPCo is a non-profit consortium of leading computer industry publications, independent testing labs, PC hardware manufacturers,...
Research articles 2005-05-26
Get Longer Laptop Battery Life with Aerofoil
It's no secret that laptops hoover up battery life like a fat kid at a marshmallow convention. Windows Vista doesn't help matters; those fancy Aero Glass effects are a significant new demand on your laptop's power. That's why I have started using Aerofoil to automatically manage my laptop's power plan. ...
Tags: Battery, Laptop Battery, Laptop Computer, Aerofoil, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dave Johnson
Blog posts 2009-05-20
Enfora Releases Ultra Low Power Wireless Platform That Can Increase by More Than 10X the Battery Life of Asset Tracking Devices
RICHARDSON, Texas -- Enfora, a leading global supplier of intelligent wireless networking solutions, today announced the Enabler[R] Low Power Platform LPP. This new platform provides developers with a wireless solution that can extend battery life from 30 days, for example, to as much as 18 months. With the ability to...
Tags: Enfora Sa
Research articles 2008-06-23
Zune HD Spec Sheet Reveals Video Format Support, OK Battery Life [Microsoft]
Copy this whole post to another site What kinds of videos will you be able to play on that luscious OLED screen? And for how long? Your answers: not that many, and for a qualified "up to" four hours. To be fair to Microsoft, iPod video format support is pretty...
Tags: Video, Pixel, Microsoft Zune
News items 2009-08-13
Intersil's Narrow VDC Battery Charger Controller Improves Efficiency and Extends Battery Life in Notebook Computers
Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today introduced the ISL6257 , a narrow VDC voltage direct current charger controller for Li-Ion/Li-Ion polymer batteries in notebook computers. This device is designed to meet the NVDC-I requirements for...
Tags: computer, Intersil, notebook, notebook computer
Research articles 2007-01-17
How to Extend Your Gadgets' Battery Life
How to Extend Your Gadgets' Battery Lifestill true?I shared this article with a tech geek friend who said it used to be true with nickel cadmium batteries, but that it does not apply to modern nickel metal hydride batteries.. anyone hear of this?
Tags: battery
Discussion threads 2007-11-01
Intel Introduces Fastest Pentium Processor Designed for Mobile Computers; New Voltage Reduction Technology Promotes Long Battery Life
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 30, 1995--Intel Corporation today introduced a 90-MHz PentiumR processor that will deliver desktop-equivalent performance to mobile computers and promote long battery life. As a result, consumers will see more choices in high-performance notebooks and subnotebooks across a wide range of affordable price points.
Tags: battery, computer, Intel Corp., Intel Pentium, mobile, mobile computer, processor
Research articles 1995-05-30
Accelerated Technology's Nucleus Software and ARM's IEM Software Combine to Extend Battery Life in Portable Devices
MOBILE, Ala. -- Accelerated TechnologyR, a Mentor Graphics division (Nasdaq:MENT), today unveiled its new NucleusR Energy Manager EM software. Combined with the ARMR Intelligent Energy Management IEM software technology and Dynamic Voltage & Frequency Scaling DVFS hardware, the Nucleus EM software allows developers to increase energy performance resulting in extended...
Tags: ARM, battery, portable device, software
Research articles 2005-10-04
  • << Previous
  • page 1 of 1
  • Next >>
advertisement
Click Here
advertisement