Power amplifier is a component in smartphones which consumes huge amounts of power, and usually wastes most of it. MIT engineering professors now claim that they have come up with a new power amplifier technology that can cut this power wastage to half.
A number of smartphones today come pre-equipped with the feature of letting the user track the phone in case it goes missing. However, many users are unable to do so when the battery of the lost smartphone dies. Lookout’s Signal Flare intends to resolve this problem.
Apple’s iPhone 5 handset was launched only a few weeks ago and the complaints are pouring in at an extreme rate. The Apple support forums are full of hilarious and serious groans, thus we will continue on to share with you the top five gripes of the iPhone 5 abducted from the support forums. A few gripes we will share with you relate to the lightning cable, battery, reception, Wi-Fi, and date & time.
Anticipation around HTC’s rumored 5-inch phablet (phone+tablet) is high. We have seen a number of rumored images and specification of the device so far. On Monday, HTC modder and XDA-developers forum member “Football” has tweeted a new set of specifications of the rumored 5-inch HTC DLX phablet.
Ahead of the October 26th general availability date, Microsoft is releasing a cumulative update for its Windows 8 operating system. A few notables of the update include performance improvements, extended battery life, improved audio and video playback, along with enhanced application and driver compatibility. The update rolls out today to Enterprise customers or MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscribers.
At times, when you run out of battery at a critical juncture, say during a very important call, you simply wish for a few more minutes of talk time to conclude the conversation. In other words, you want a brief power boast rather than a full recharge. A new battery design called ‘Chewing Gum Battery Concept’ envisions a solution to this.
Along side its release on the Kindle Fire lineup, Amazon has also unveiled an all new e-reader on Kindle e-readers lineup. The new e-reader is being called Kindle Paperwhite and has a battery which can pull off an impressive 8 weeks with a single recharge.
We are familiar with the lithium-ion batteries where graphite anode is being used widely, but not familiar with the relatively newer graphene based anode. Recently, researchers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have claimed that they have developed a new graphene based anode that will not only charge batteries 10 times faster than current lithium-ion batteries but also discharge 10 times faster.