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Sony A-series Walkman is thinnest yet; 64GB, OLED, noise cancellation: Apple iPod who? Sony's A-series Walkman portable media player was announced today in Japan, and it's only a matter of time before the device makes waves stateside. Good thing, too: this Walkman sports a 2.8-inch OLED display (240x400), FM radio,...; Tags: Sony Corp., Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sony A-series Walkman, A-series, Battery Life, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Digital Music, Media Players, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-09-16
Tests show Safari 4 "clearly the worst" for battery life: AnandTech just published an interesting set of test results that shows the browser you pick can have a significant effect on your portable computer's battery life. Author Jarred Walton tested 5 major browsers on Windows: IE8 Firefox 3.5.2 with and without AdBlock Chrome 2 ...; Tags: Apple Safari, Battery, Web Browser, Battery Life, Engineering, Web Browsers, Internet, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2009-09-12
Battery Life 1.0 (Windows): Battery Life is an easy to use program that allows you to manage, monitor and control your Laptop's Battery usage. The percentage of battery life left is constantly displayed. The battery's total time of the current charge and remaining time is displayed and updated frequently according to how the laptop...; Tags: Battery, Microsoft Windows, Laptop Computer, Camtech 2000, Battery Life, Engineering; Software downloads 2009-07-02
PC makers are lying to you about battery life: ...well not exactly, but they're certainly not giving you an accurate picture of how long it will take for your laptop battery to run down next time you're using it. A post on the Bits blog yesterday asks a great question: "Why can't we get an accurate...; Tags: Battery, Battery Life, Engineering, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-06-18
Sony debuts X-series Walkman with Wi-Fi, touchscreen OLED, noise cancellation: Watch out, Apple iPod touch: Sony today introduced its top-of-the-line Walkman portable media player, the X-series Walkman, that includes Wi-Fi capability and a 3-in. Organic Light Emitting Diode, or OLED, touchscreen. The company says the X-series Walkman's OLED screen provides "exceptional color reproduction,...; Tags: IBM xSeries, Touch Screen, Sony Corp., Organic Light-emitting Diode, Video, Wi-Fi, X-series Walkman, Display, Battery Life, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-05-13

Dads & Grads: Top 10 laptops for college students, class of '09: Got a kid who is about to graduate high school and pestering you for a laptop to accompany him or her on the great adventure that is higher education? As if the last 18 years and the next four years of tuition bills isn't enough. ...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Student, Battery, HP Pavilion, Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Satellite Pro U400, Battery Life, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-05-01
Notice to Tim Cook: Apple Has A Netbook. It's Just Not Competitive.: â€œHe found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.â€ Deuteronomy 32:10 Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs. You know Steve...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Netbook, Battery Life, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2009-04-23
24 hours with a Dell Mini 9 netbook (Updated): As I mentioned in a blog post yesterday I took delivery of a Dell Inspiron 910 (a.k.a. the Mini 9) yesterday. After reading about netbooks for so long I decided to take the plunge. I have been using it exclusively for about 24 hours (no more heavy MBP for me!)...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Web Browser, Netbook, Letter Key, Battery Life, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Browsers, Engineering, Hardware, Internet, Jason D. O'Grady; Blog posts 2009-02-26
Electric cars on the streets: I took these pictues in the driveway of a home in Dulwich, South London, Britain. The car is called the Gee-Whiz i. It's being marketed by GoingGreen. The prices on these little two-seater, all electric cars runs from 9465 to just over 11,100--British...; Tags: Car, London, Battery Life, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-10-30
Review: Jawbone 2 bluetooth headset: Back in June 2007 I reviewed the original Jawbone bluetooth headset and despite its drawbacks I found it to be the standard by which I judge all other BT headsets. Its military grade noise cancellation is second to none and of dozens of Bluetooth headsets that...; Tags: Headset, Battery Life, Bluetooth Headset, jason D. O'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-18
More on iPhone G3, GPS and power management: One of the big concerns about the iPhone G3 before the announcement was how it might handle the power drain from the global positioning chip and the software that might use it. But Apple is taking a less is more battery life approach. by David Morgenstern; Tags: Apple iPhone, Power Management, Network, Battery, Unit, Apple Inc., Wi-Fi, GPS, Ask, Battery Life, Battery Test, Engineering, 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-06-12
Review roundup: Hands-free headset/speaker solutions from Etymotic, Aliph, Nokia and Spracht: In just over a month, you will not be able to use your cellphone in your automobile in Washington State without some kind of hands-free solution. Hands-free laws are in place now or coming soon to many other states and areas of the world so now is a good time...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Solution, Ear, Phone, Device, Microphone, Nokia Corp., Call, Controller, Headset, Bluetooth, Button, Cable, Spracht, EtyBlu, etyBLU, BLUmaxx, Battery Life, Aliph Jawbone, Earbud, Earloop, Noise Assassin Technology, Nokia BH-903, Phone Call Functionality, Aura Mobile BT, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-29
Aliph releases new Jawbone that is 50% smaller than the original: IMHO, one of the best Bluetooth headsets you can buy after getting the swing of putting it on and off is the Aliph Jawbone. Today the announced a new model that has several improvements that look like they actually listened to what consumer wanted changed. There should be one at...; Tags: Gram, Battery, AT&T Corp., Model, Aliph Jawbone, Battery Life, Engineering, Retail, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
MacBook Air SSD - Is it worth the money?: Is the $1,300 solid state drive SSD for the MacBook Air worth the money? Doesn't seem so. Ars Technica have published a review where they put an SSD-equipped MacBook Air up against one packing a standard hard drive and found marginal performance gains - certainly not...; Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Solid State Disk, Battery Life, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-02-06
HTC Shift finally receives FCC approval: HTC announced the Shift ultra portable PC at CTIA in March 2007. Since that time there has been a few videos and reviews of test units that made it into the wild. You may actually be able to find the device in Europe now (I couldn't find it available anywhere...; Tags: FCC, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Battery Life, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Government, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-01-16
CES: Mobile gadgets at Digital Experience!: I arrived at CES in Vegas and plan to stick around and see if there are any new mobile gadgets that may be worth picking up in 2008. While I do like to wander the show floor and find hidden treasures, it is much more productive to attend press events...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Device, Mobile, Battery Life, Windows XP Version, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Bluetooth, Keyboards, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-01-07
2nd impressions of the HTC Touch Dual: I posted my first impressions of the HTC Touch Dual back on 1 December and only had a Nokia N95 to take video of the device in action. I have now been using the Touch Dual as my primary device for a couple of weeks and took an updated video...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Battery Life, TouchFLO, Keyboards, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Corporate Communications, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Components, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2007-12-19
iPod touch - Nice device, shame Apple crippled it: You might remember from a few weeks back my desire to get my hands on an iPod touch.Â I was so eager to get my hands on one that I made a five hour round trip to my nearest Apple store to get one only to be turned away because...; Tags: Keyboard, Apple Safari, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Battery Life, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-11-05
Poor iPod touch battery life (updated 2x): I'm always leary of manufactures claims of battery life, my rule of thumb is to cut what the manufacturer says in half. Apple claims that the iPod touch gets "up to" 22 hours of audio playback time and "up to" 5 hours of video playback time when...; Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Battery, Apple iPod Touch, Engineering, Apple iPod, Battery Life; Blog posts 2007-10-25
Linux Laptop Battery Life: Measurement Tools, Techniques, and Results: 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 XP. Intel's Open Source Technology Center has developed a battery life measurement tool-kit for making reliable battery...; Tags: Technique, Linux Laptop, Battery, Laptop Battery, Tool, Battery Life, Battery Life Measurement, Engineering, Linux, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-06-26