Oct
25
2010
According to a blog post by Notion Ink, the Adam is getting tremendous battery life – 15 hours, to be exact. In an exact quote from the blog: “The battery! The most power hogging elements on Adam are (in decreasing order) LCD, Wi-Fi, 3G, Speakers (in full power mode) and then CPU (Tegra). I am [...]
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Oct
5
2010
Android Hackers unite! We have a cheap way for you to charge your Android device (possibly any device) with a plastic hand cranked flashlight! Now, I know this may be a tall order for some of us, but it does require that we use “manual power” to crank out those volts of electricity. It’s not [...]
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Sep
27
2010
The power semiconductor provider STMicroelectronics unveiled a family of IC’s (integrated circuits) to power AMOLED and Super Amoled displays that enable modern handheld device to deliver the best video and web browsing experience on the go. The new IC family, STOD03A, consolidates all the display module’s power requirements in a single chip by providing the [...]
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Aug
26
2010
Over at LaptopMag, they have conducted a test on a variety of Android devices to compare battery life. Devices included in the test were: HTC Incredible EVO 4G Samsung Vibrant Captivate Motorola DROID 2 DROID X Dell Streak The results? According to the article, “Motorola’s two flagship phones, the Droid 2 and the Droid X, ruled [...]
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Aug
24
2010
According to an insider reader source at EuroDroid, Samsung Germany has released an email newsletter outlining new plans for an improved battery case for their Galaxy S line. The improvements, of course, come in the usability department, as the newsletter states that the new battery adds 8.5 hours of talk time, but this chunky new [...]
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Aug
11
2010
How-To-Geek posted a nice little article showing us all the little tips we need to get the most battery life out of our Android phones. A lot of this stuff is the standard we’ve all heard before but it’s worth a look. All you need to know in one place. Hit the source link if [...]
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Aug
8
2010
While there are a number of battery saving apps around, I found most of them have a minimal effect at best simply because they dont have enough control to really dig into the system and turn things on or off that can really add up to a big difference. Once I tried out Juice Defender [...]
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Jul
6
2010
In case you’ve been waiting for it, some guys over in Korea have finally gotten inside the Samsung Galaxy S and put it up for all to see in a step by step process. The internals are pretty standard and there are no curveballs to be seen here, but he site is in, well, Korean. [...]
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Jun
26
2010
With all this news on new Android tablets, you can’t leave out Pandigital’s Novel. The 7″ tablet runs Android 2.1 and packs WiFi, a Web Browser, Mp3 and Mp4 compatibility, as well as access to over 1 Million books through the Barnes and Noble online bookstore. How well this 16oz tablet will perform remains to [...]
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Jun
26
2010
I’m sure some of you have heard of BlueAnt before, but for those who haven’t, BlueAnt is a manufacturer of many different hands-free solutions that aims for a truly hands-free experience adding full phone voice commands. The company has just recently announced the release of an Android app to allow Android users to finally reap [...]
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