Battery

Apple Reacts To New iPad Battery Charge Claims

Apple vice president Michael Tchao has claimed that battery charge issues in the new iPad are a feature of iOS

13 years ago

Free Apps Drain Smartphone Batteries

Ads in free apps can eat up to 75 percent of battery power

13 years ago

Apple iPhone Tops Customer Satisfaction Poll

The Apple iPhone continues to remain top dog in terms of user satisfaction, according to a JD Power poll

13 years ago

New iPad Is Faster And Sharper But Misses On The ‘Wow’ Factor

Reviews of the iPad 3rd Generation are in. Most call it superior but there is a lack of the 'wow'-factor…

13 years ago

LTE Power Consumption Triggers Battery Worry

LTE smartphones offer much faster mobile data access, but reports are also emerging of voracious power consumption

13 years ago

Battery Powered Clothing To Charge Mobile Devices

Scientists have touted a flexible battery that can be woven into clothing in order to power mobile devices

13 years ago

Melting iPhone Triggers Airplane Safety Probe

An iPhone on an Australian plane which started to smoke and melt has sparked an investigation

13 years ago

Researchers Invent Everlasting Battery Material

Could the days of the humble lithium-ion battery be numbered thanks to the everlasting battery?

13 years ago

Apple iPhone 4S Battery-Life Bug Patched In iOS 5

Apple has fixed its mobile device battery life problem, which mainly hit the iPhone 4S, with an iOS 5 update

13 years ago

Apple Admits iPhone 4S Battery Drain, Promises Fix

Apple has admitted there are battery life problems in iPhone 4S but an iOS 5 update is in hand to…

13 years ago

Deep Sleep Wi-Fi Could Improve Phone Battery Life

Boffins have come with an “idle listening” fix for smartphones to dramatically improve battery life

13 years ago

Researchers Propose Energy Generation From Typing

Typing on the keyboard of a laptop or smartphone could power it, boffins have said

14 years ago

Engineers Develop Voice-Powered Phone Charging

Engineers in South Korea are investigating a new way to charge mobile phones, using the human voice

14 years ago

Nanotube Batteries Could Power Mobiles For Months

Researchers in the US are working on mobile phone batteries that could run for weeks, or even months

14 years ago

RIM Responds To PlayBook Battery Life Issue

RIM has said it is on track with the 'optimisation' of the Playbook's battery life, after reports of battery woes

14 years ago

Researchers Use Virus To Increase Battery Life Tenfold

Scientists have used a tobacco virus to increase the surface area of lithium ion battery electrodes

14 years ago

HP Donates Battery Recycling Patent To Eco Scheme

Battery recycling and reducing gold in chips are among the technollogies HP has given to a shared patent scheme

14 years ago

HP Recalls 54,000 Lithium Ion Laptop Batteries

Hewlett-Packard is recalling an additional 54,000 lithium ion battery packs used in its Pavilion and Compaq laptops due to a…

15 years ago

Concerns Raised Over iPad Battery Replacement

Apple’s strategy for replacing faulty iPad batteries amounts to sending back a whole new, date-free device, at a cost of…

15 years ago