Please let Switzerland’s research into battery life nanotechnology come true, please oh please. I sound like a kid wishing on a star, but if their Steeper project gets adopted, gadgets will become more efficient and our planet healthier.
While Nintendo is yet to release concrete figures on the battery usage of the 3DS – not that you can ever trust official figures – company president Satoru Iwata has hinted that it won’t last as long as the DS.
Android only: When your phone is scanning for potential Wi-Fi connections, it’s using battery power it doesn’t need to. Free app Y5 Battery Saver periodically checks your location, without GPS, and turns on Wi-Fi if you’re home or at another previous connection.
The good folks at Tested wanted to find out if smartphones really give you as much talk time as the manufacturers claim they do. Most held up admirably. But the biggest loser of the bunch was the iPhone 4.
If you’re a new BlackBerry Torch owner who’s frustrated with fact that the Torch doesn’t have a low battery indicator, you can now download the free Plug It In app. The app lets you set an alert with a pop up, coloured LED and sound at a user-specified threshold. The app then monitors and displays the battery level for you until the phone is charged back up. [CrackBerry]
In the words of Google co-founder Larry Page, “if you are not getting a day [of Android battery]there is something wrong.” There must be “something wrong” with a lot of our phones, so hence the How-To Geek’s practical guide.
If the Evo has a flaw, it’s battery life. While run time’s impressive as a wireless hotspot, it’s unoptimised in every other regard. MobileCrunch assembled a list of tricks to extend battery life. Combined, they’ll buy you two+ more hours.
