Eee PC 900 - battery life not good

Blogeee has done some testing of the battery shipped with the Eee PC 900 and the performance is not that impressive.

With the display at 100% using openoffice word processor spreadsheet etc they only got 82 minutes of life out of the battery, stop using the mouse turn off wifi and turn the screen down to 30% and you still only get 108 minutes.

Want to watch a movie? I hope it's a short one: just 50 minutes battery life watching a movie on a USB drive or 66 minutes if the movie is stored on the SSD.

As much as we love owning the latest and best gadgets we think it may make sense to wait for an ultraportable using Intel's delayed Atom processor to get a good battery life.

(more at blogeee)

Sony fuel cell prototype

Everyone is showing off their fuel cells today.

This is a prototype from Sony, a 2" x 1.2" methanol hybrid fuel cell that can put out up to 3W and can power a video phone long enough to watch 14hrs of movies while only using 10ml of methanol fuel.

Enough with the prototypes, give us a working product!

Fuel cell powered GPS prototype

MTI MicroFuel Cells has shown a prototype GPS that is powered by their mobion methanol fuel cell.

The fuel cell powers the GPS for 60 hours of continuous use and be can be refuelled. The GPS also includes a USB port to recharge other gadgets too.

No news on pricing or availability, but I can't wait for all out gadgets to me fuel cell powered.

Devotec Solar Charger

New from Devotec is this inexpensive ($40) solar charger with an 1800mAh battery.

It takes 12 hours of good sunshine to charge the battery or you can charge it by AC or USB in 4 hours, and it comes with charging tips for Nokia old, Nokia new/N series, Sony Ericsson, Motorola/Blackberry/mini USB and Samsung phones as well as a DC 5V tip for PSPs and many digital cameras, an Ipod tip, and one for female USB.

(devotec, via engadget)

Samsung battery give 10% longer life to laptops

According to the Korea Times Samsung SDI has signed a deal to provide laptop batteries to Dell and HP.

The new batteries have 7.7% more capacity, 10% more in-use time, and recharges quicker than the 2600mAh batteries currently in use.

Samsung also plan on an even more powerful 3000mAh battery in the near future.

(more at koreatimes)

Dual ac to usb charger

Another gadget intended to make the lives of frequent travelers easier: this dual ac to usb charger allows you to charge two devices at the same time.

It comes in 4 colors (white, black, pink and blue), is 59×51×18.5mm (2.32" x 2" x 0.73") and weighs just 43 grams (1.5oz).

(via akihabaranews)

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