battery life
Computers
Apple Tax Repealed? Comparisons Suggest It’s So
9:13AM Wilson Rothman | Our friends at Laptop compiled a chart comparing the new $US999 white unibody MacBook to similarly weighted 13-inch laptops from Dell, Acer and Samsung within $US100. While there are tradeoffs, Apple fights this one out on even ground, and makes up for lacks (no SD slot, smaller HDD, less RAM) with perks (LED backlighting, multitouch trackpad) and a much higher stated battery life. Feel free to scream it out below, or check Laptop for the full chart and spec rundown. [Laptop]
Cameras
8 Ways To Get More Battery Life With Your Digital Camera
12:50AM Matt Buchanan | Sure, you know how to squeeze more battery life out of your notebook—dim the lights, kill the wireless—but what about your camera? Photography Bay has 8 tips: buying a faster memory card is the most surprising. [Photography Bay] More »
Computers
Why Laptop Battery Claims Are Useless, Why That Won’t Change
10:05PM John Herrman | It’s one of those things we take for granted: official laptop battery life claims have an extremely tenuous relationship with reality. Not surprisingly, everyone’s using the same tricks to conjure their silly estimates—and they don’t plan of stopping. More »
Computers
Toshiba NB205 Netbook Gets 8.5 Hours Of Real-Time Battery Life
4:00PM Dan Nosowitz | 10-inch, Atom-based netbooks tend to blend together in the mind, as they all have similar specs and similar designs. But when you can boast an insane 8.5 hour battery life in real-world conditions, we sit up and take notice. More »
Computers
Reports: OS X 10.5.7 Improves Hackintosh Netbook Battery Life
12:40AM John Herrman | Some folks on the MSI Wind forums are reporting a huge increase in battery life for hacktintosh netbooks after upgrading to 10.5.7. Why would Apple care about power management on Atom-based hardware? Dunno! More »
Computers
MSI Wind Battery ‘Mod’ Can Go All Night (and Day) Long
7:00AM Jack Loftus | Armed with an MSI Wind U115, 9-cell battery and some time, Johannes from Eee PC.de created what very well may be the Sting of netbooks. Stamina—er, battery life—was an astounding 25 hours. More »
Computers
Samsung N120 Netbook Brings 10.5-Hour Battery, Bigger Keyboard
5:55AM John Mahoney | Samsung wasn’t finished after yesterday’s N110 and NC310 netbooks, oh no: today brought news of yet another offering, the N120, effectively a double-wide N110 with room for a bigger keyboard, battery and nicer speakers. More »
Phones
Gadget Tip: Keep Your Phone Away From Your Groin For Better Battery Life
11:40AM Jason Chen | Woman and guys with belt-holsters had it right—it’s better to keep your phone away from your body. More »
Peripherals
SOLiCharger Powers iPhones Through Every Means Under the Sun
1:20AM Mark Wilson | The SOLiCharger is solar-chargeable lithium ion pack for your iPhone that can fill to capacity in four hours of sunlight. More »
Peripherals
