Tag: Battery

Fujitsu’s LifeBook UH900 flaws

Posted by ts On 08.03.2010

source – engadget.com By Darren Murph

There’s no question that Fujitsu’s LifeBook UH900 is a niche device; much like Sony’s VAIO P, there’s just not a lot of demand for an expensive clamshell with an extremely high resolution and an exceptionally cramped keyboard. That said, there’s a curious seduction surrounding this thing, and critics over at Pocketables seemed to agree. After spending some long days (and nights, don’tcha know?) with the Japanese version of this here device, they came away with a huge mixed bag of emotions. On one hand, the snappy performance and excellent portability made it difficult to put down, but the downright dreadful 2 – 2.5 hours of battery life more or less forced them to. There’s also more gentle gripes about the screen color, the “toy-like” build quality and “useless multitouch.” For us, that’s probably one flaw too many to accept, but the forgiving among us should definitely check out the full skinny before making a final call.

ASUS DR-900 e-reader hands-on

Posted by ts On 03.03.2010

source – engadget.com By Joanna Stern

After weeks of hearing about the DR-900 (or DR-950) e-reader, you had to know that we’d sprint (okay, walk at a brisk pace) over to ASUS’ booth to finally handle the touchscreen device in person. The 9-inch ebook reader was quite light in hand, and though we didn’t have Amazon’s Kindle DX with us, it appeared very comparable in size. As far as the reading experience goes, the preloaded text-based PDFs looked crisp on the 1024 x 768 display and as per usual the e-ink display took about a second or two to refresh. Unfortunately, here’s where we tell you that the former touch experience was less than stellar — we had to press quite hard to select the homescreen icons and light finger taps didn’t register when we tried to type “engadget” into the address bar. We got the hang of having to press firmly, but we’re happy there are the up and down arrows on the right edge for alternate navigation. Perhaps it will all be fixed up once it heads into production, though we don’t have details on when that will be. What we do know is that there’s a just lovely hands-on video for you after the break.

read on entire article with tons of pictures at engadget.com

ASUS makes DR-900 e-reader official

Posted by ts On 02.03.2010

source – engadget.com By Vladislav Savov

We’ve spent all our time hearing about a DR-950, but today at CeBIT ASUS has trotted out a DR-900 as its first 9-inch ebook reader. It doesn’t appear manifestly different from what we’ve heard and seenalready, with WiFi connectivity augmented with a 3G option, and a battery life rated to last a pretty radical 10,000 pages on a single charge. The interface on show clearly invites touch interaction, and we can fill in a few gaps with what we know of the DR-950, namely a 1024 x 768 resolution on a Sipix panel, 4GB of integrated storage, 3.5mm headphone jack, and support for PDF, TXT, MP3 and ePUB files. We’ll be tracking down an official price and release date shortly, as well as smudging a few fingerprints on these before the day is through.

Lenovo S10-3t 8-Cell Battery Model Now Shipping $499

Posted by ts On 25.02.2010

source – netbooked.net

If you check out the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t tablet netbook over at Lenovo.com, you’ll notice there’s still no 8-cell battery version. Amazon.com has had the 8-cell battery model up for a while though it’s still in pre-order mode. I’ve noticed recently that some other stores now have it in stock like Newegg and J&R.com, for $499 – $50 cheaper than the 4-cell model shipping direct from Lenovo.com.

I’m sure you’ve seen how huge this 8-cell battery is! (see Newegg’s pics) I’ll be reviewing the 4-cell battery model unless you really want me reviewing the 8-cell one…

iiView Vpad tablet specs

Posted by ts On 18.02.2010

source – netbooks.com by Josh Smith

starting at 499$

iiView vPad specs

Processor Atom 1.6GHz processor (N270)
Motherboard Intel 945 chipset family
Memory Depends on Model (1 / 2 GB)
Disk drive Depends on Model (160GB / 320GB)
USB Three USB 2.0 ports
Audio 1 Microphone / 1 Headphone Jack; VIA High Definition Audio
Display 10.2″, 1024×600 resolution Touchscreen
Video VGA Jack
Networking/Wireless Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11n compatible; 3G WCDMA\TD-SCDMA\CDMA2000 (On certain Models)
Operating System Windows 7 Starter Edition

Energy Sistem® eBook Reader with 6″ E-ink® Vizplex™ screen technology

Posted by ts On 16.02.2010

source –energysistem.com

Compatible with the most popular file formats: ePUB,FB2 y PDF, with over one million free books avaliable at Google™ Books. Low consumption: read for weeks with a single charge. E-ink® 6″ screen: no reflex, paper-like display harmless to your eyes.

Key features



  • 6″ E-ink® Vizplex™ screen: paper-like display, comfortable reading harmless to your eyes. With 16 levels greyscale, 800 × 600 pixels (H x V).

  • Includes 100 classics of universal literature in spanish, english and french.

  • Plays MP3 audio files.

  • Internal memory: 64MB. Memory expansion with SD/SDHC cards up to 16GB (2GB SD card included).

  • Rechargeable Lithium battery. Up to 6000 pages with a single charge.

  • User friendly multilingual interface.

  • Functions: page-marking, zoom, book search, image viewer, etc.

  • Charge through USB connection. USB cable and AC/DC adapter Europlug-USB included.

Product specifications

  • 6″ E-ink® Vizplex™ screen: paper-like display, comfortable reading harmless to your eyes. With 16 levels greyscale, 800 × 600 pixels (H x V).
  • CPU Samsung ARM9.
  • Rechargeable Lithium battery. Up to 6000 pages with a single charge.
  • Supported formats: PDF, EPUB, RTF, TCR, PDB, PRC, MOBI, HTM, HTML, TXT, CHM, FB2, DJVU, DJV, MP3, PNG, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPEG.
  • User friendly multilingual interface.
  • Functions: page-marking, zoom, book search, image viewer, etc.
  • Carga a través de conector USB. Cable USB y adaptador de corriente Europlug-USB incluido. Charge through USB connection. USB cable and AC/DC adapter Europlug-USB included.
  • Internal memory: 64MB. Memory expansion with SD/SDHC cards up to 16GB (2GB SD card included).
  • Operating systems: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, MacOS 9.x/X or later.

Handheld US rolls out rugged Algiz 7 tablet

Posted by ts On 10.02.2010

source – engadget.com author – Donald Melanson

It’s been quite a while since an Algiz tablet last popped up on our radar, but Handheld US is now back with another model: the Algiz 7. In addition to a fresh new white enclosure, this one packs a 7-inch touchscreen display, along with a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 2GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD, and Windows 7 Professional for an OS. To help you out in the field, you’ll get a hot-swappable 2400 mAh dual battery pack, built-in GPS, and optional 3G — not to mention ruggedization to MIL-STD-810G standards. No word on a price just yet, but this one will apparently start shipping next month.

[Thanks, Mark S]

Microsoft says Windows 7 is not to blame for battery issue

Posted by ts On 09.02.2010

source – engadget.com

After Microsoft stated a week ago that it would look into reports of Windows 7 causing premature battery degradation, we’ve been staying up late at night with our frazzled lithium ion cells, reading them stories about Battery Heaven and generally trying to keep an upbeat tone around the Engadget HQ. Well, it turns out not everything is rosy in batteryville, but Microsoft says Windows 7 isn’t the one to blame. According to the company’s testing, the new tool, which reports when a battery is down to 40% of its designed capacity and suggests replacement, hasn’t reported a single false positive. Additionally, the tool uses read-only data from the battery, and is in fact incapable of tweaking the battery’s life span or internal data — it merely reports the data it receives, and stacks the theoretical design capacity up against the current full charge capacity. Microsoft attributes the reports of the tool dooming batteries to an early grave to the mere fact that many people might not have noticed the degradation already taking place in their batteries — most batteries start to degrade noticeably within a year. Of course, not everybody’s going to just take Microsoft’s word for it, and Microsoft itself will continue to look into the issue, but for now this sounds like a bit of a non-issue. The part about Windows 7 being less conservative with power use is a whole ‘nother issue, of course.

read entire article and comment on it on engadget.com

BatteryBar Pro Anniversary, Pay Your Own Price

Posted by ts On 07.02.2010

After reading this on netbooked.net I bought the Batterybar pro myself and found it quite useful. Enjoy…

source – netbooked.net

Osiris Development, maker of BatteryBar, probably the best battery app for your notebook / netbook (which I intro’d in May last year), has a special one year anniversary offer.

You can pay the price you want to for a full upgrade to the Pro version. Pricing ranges from $1 – $10 though you’d be better off paying $6 – $10 and getting a lifetime license if you find the app useful.

Check out BatteryBar at Osiris Development.

Windows 7 drains battery life

Posted by ts On 05.02.2010

Microsoft’s Windows 7 is sucking the life out of laptops and netbooks at a faster rate than its predecessors, according to computer users who posted their complaints on a support forum maintained by the software maker.

Some users are complaining that the operating system is draining their batteries at an alarming rate, while others say the OS is issuing false alerts, warning them that their batteries are about to run dry despite having a full charge.
“Unbelievable!” wrote forum member RVBoston, in a post Wednesday. “It is Feb 2010, so this issue is already 8 months old and no fix from MS?”

Another user, Mnemeth, also complained that the problem has been ongoing for months. “It was working fine then all of a sudden, around the 1st or 2nd week of October 09, it wouldn’t hold a long charge and I got the error,” the user wrote.

One forum member said the glitch forced him to switch to an alternate operating system.

“After 20 years of using Microsoft OSes, I’m moving to Linuxpermanently,” wrote Russ Latham. “I just wiped Win 7 off my new Acer and installed Ubuntu 9.10. Everything works and the battery is showing normal capacity,” he wrote.

Microsoft officials, according to numerous Internet reports, confirmed that they are investigating the issue.

“The warning received on some computers using Windows 7 uses firmware information to determine if battery replacement is needed,” a company spokesman said.

“We are working with our partners to determine the root cause of what appear to be erroneous warnings and will update the TechNet forum with information and guidance as it becomes available,” said the official.

source – informationweek.com

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