Tag Archives: battery

Battery Life is a Feature

I do not always follow every iDevice rumour but the one I do hope would come true (and not just for iDevices) is extending battery life further. High End Version of New iPads Get Extra Battery Life Reports are coming in that Apple will be unveiling two versions of iPad3 this early 2012, one for [...]

Perfect Traveller Mobile

After a poor discussion with mobile phone operator regarding upgrades to iPhone4 (no I will not pay £290 AND a 2 year contract for an upgrade), I decided to go elsewhere for a new mobile phone. I had to get a new one primarily because my iPhone3′s battery life was degrading at such a rate [...]

Is the new MacBook Air eating into iPad sales?

Since the Late 2010 MacBook Air was released, there has been a huge amount of interest in the small and light space. Now the headlines are coming through asking the obvious bait question:- Is the new MacBook Air eating into iPad sales?. Until the recent release, most people were posting about whether the iPad was [...]

Never caught short of power

One of the most useful features of the modern laptop is the always powered USB port – a port (or all ports) that have their 5V, 500mA supply always available regardless of whether the laptop is on or off. How is this useful? Well if you are like me and have pretty much all of [...]

Battery Life

Whether you use a netbook or an ultramobile notebook (same difference!), the one of the most important requirements in my view, particularly for the very mobile worker, is that it has a significant battery life – whole day preferably. Down with 3-Cell Batteries: Netbooks Should Have 5+ Hours of Battery Life The only problem with [...]