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batteries
Energizer Energi To Go DSLR Charger Gives Paparazzi More Portability
Need to hide in the bushes for eleven hours outside Megan Fox's house while taking the occasional super-zoom shot? Need to recharge your batteries but have no outlet? Energizer's portable charger clip is there. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Kaiser-Machead: Film wins out this one, suckers. There's nothing that gives a creepier vibe than some douchebag developing his film of... 4 Responses | Other threads
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panasonic
Panasonic Locks Out Third Party Camera Batteries With Latest Firmware
If you've got a Panasonic digital camera and you're using a third party battery pack, DON'T UPDATE YOUR CAMERA FIRMWARE. Your battery will get locked out by the authentication scheme Panasonic just implemented. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Act Now and get a 4th Celebrity Death Free!: Lite: Makes sense. I had a 3rd party Macbook Pro battery that started coming apart under use due to bulging.... 8 Responses | Other threads
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useful skills
Survivornerd: How to Start a Fire With Your Cellphone
It's a tough call for a nerd lost in the wilderness: Use your cellphone battery to start a fire and survive the night, or play another game of Brickbreaker? At least with this guide you'll have the option of survival. More » -
macbook pro
MacBook Pro Hands-On Gallery
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batteries
New Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Could Last 3 Times Longer Than Lithium-Ion
Scientists at the University of Waterloo have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that, thanks to nanotechnology, is capable of 3 times the power of lithium-ion batteries with equal volume while remaining both lighter and cheaper to produce. Long-distance electric cars, anyone? More »
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By Dan NosowitzComment by devianaut: ahhhh i love battery technology :) 16 Responses | Other threads
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review
HyperMac External MacBook Battery Review
The Gadget: The HyperMac external laptop battery, which, through its Magsafe connection gives MacBook Airs up to 32 hours and MacBook Pros up to 8 extra hours of battery life. There's also a USB port for USB charging. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by Solertia: Doesn't the giantness of this notebook peripheral kindof defeat the notebook's purpose of portability? 11 Responses | Other threads
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apple
New 15-Inch MacBook Pro Features 7-Hour Battery Life and SD Card Slot
Apple just announced new MacBook Pro models with the same upgraded, 7-hour battery life as the 17-inch MacBook Pro, a bump in memory, processor, and storage, as well as an SD-card slot. Most importantly, they'll be shipping today. Yes!
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By Dan NosowitzComment by schrosa: hmm. The MBP did have an expresscard 34 slot. Now it just has SD? Step backwards. 11 Responses | Other threads
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editorial
I Love Battery Packs and Portable Chargers
As Matt explained last year, batteries are holding up laptops, cellphones and PMPs from lasting long enough and running fast enough to get things done properly on the go. What's my solution? Portable battery packs. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by mfischer579: I don't really have a problem with my iPhone battery or my iPod battery. I do wish I had the... 6 Responses | Other threads
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batteries
MSI Wind Battery 'Mod' Can Go All Night (and Day) Long
Armed with an MSI Wind U115, 9-cell battery and some time, Johannes from Eee PC.de created what very well may be the Sting of netbooks. Stamina—er, battery life—was an astounding 25 hours. More »
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By Jack LoftusComment by budip: I guess we're all need to attend statistics 101. It's running "IDLE" with the lowest power setting. So what? Don't... 8 Responses | Other threads
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netbooks
Samsung N120 Netbook Brings 10.5-Hour Battery, Bigger Keyboard
Samsung wasn't finished after yesterday's N110 and NC310 netbooks, oh no: today brought news of yet another offering, the N120, effectively a double-wide N110 with room for a bigger keyboard, battery and nicer speakers. More » -
gadget tip
Gadget Tip: Keep Your Phone Away From Your Groin For Better Battery Life
Woman and guys with belt-holsters had it right—it's better to keep your phone away from your body. More » -
review
Lightning Review: Duracell Powerpack 450 Talking Portable Power Unit
The Gadget: Duracell's Powerpack 450 is a portable power source for AC, DC and USB-powered electronics. It also features a vehicle jump starter, air compressor, flashlight and a voice feature.
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By Sean FallonComment by Je_suis_un_revolutionnaire: Shouldn't jalopnik be doing this review? 7 Responses | Other threads
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batteries
Battlemodo: Energizer vs Duracell Rechargeable Batteries
Duracell vs Energizer was one of the headlining tech fights of the '80s, as Walkmanseseses chewed through cell after cell. Today, a better match up is the one between their rechargeable batteries.
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iphone
Mophie Juicepack Air Is Thinnest iPhone Battery Extender Yet
We've seen several iPhone battery cases/extenders—and we've liked what we've seen. But offerings like the Fastmac iV have been a bit on the pudgy side. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Thats Dr Bear to You: Damn I haven't had a Capri Sun since elementary school, they always annoyed me through because the straw tip wouldn't... 10 Responses | Other threads
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cellphones
Cellphones Don't Kill People, Crazy Homemade Guns Kill People
Not surprisingly, it turns out that there was more to the story behind the mysterious death of a Chinese computer salesman. Apparently, it was a crazy homemade gun that killed him—not an exploding cellphone. More » -
Exploding cellphones
Cellphone Explosion Kills Another Person, Severing His Carotid Artery
When a cellphone explosion kills a person, you think it is a rare event. When you learn that another man just died for the same reason, you start looking at yours like a potential killer. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Shamoononon, Vampire Grater: Ugg, odd thing happened to me this morning. I put the batter to my pager in backwards, it started... 27 Responses | Other threads
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diy
Humpback Eee PC Gets 15 Hours of Battery Life
Eee PC enthusiast Tenacious Dre has put together a 15-hour 12-cell cell battery for his overclocked netbook. I guess he won't try passing it through airport security, because the thing looks like an ACME bomb: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Hello Mister Walrus: I get more than 20 hours of battery life from my laptop. Sure, I have to lug around a car... 10 Responses | Other threads
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pranks
Video: Hooking a Car Battery Up to a Wet Towel Rack Is a Pretty Horrible Prank
This is one way to lose friends/roommates for good: sneak into the bathroom while they're in the shower, cover the towel rack with tin foil, and hook up a car battery. Zzzzap! More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by ScottRose: FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKETY FAKE FAKE. Not relevant to fakeness, but that's a battery charger, not a battery. Either way, we're talking... 17 Responses | Other threads
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fuel cells
World's Smallest Fuel Cell Could Power Your Gadgets
Chemical engineers working at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a hydrogen fuel cell that measures only 3 millimeters across. That could mean longer lasting, eco-friendly power for your gadgets. More » -
green energy
Kinesis K2 Puts Solar and Wind Charging Power In a Handheld Unit
There have been other handheld charging devices that utilize the power of the sun and wind, but none claim to match the capacity of the Kinesis K2. More » -
t-mobile g1
Seidio Increases G1 Battery Life By 15 Percent Without Adding Bulk
The T-Mobile G1's lack of battery life has always been a concern, especially after we learned about its data roaming issues. Seidio's new battery combats this problem without the need for a new cover. More » -
batteries
Nickel-Zinc Rechargeable Batteries to Seriously Challenge One and Dones?
Last week, Energizer outed their Zinc Air Prismatic batteries, and now we hear of a possibly more promising AA nickel-zinc rechargeable battery from PowerGenix. It appears that zinc will be our new battery overlord.
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By Mark WilsonComment by lilaliendog: i still had a reason for buy non rechargeable batteries, they don't seem to hold their charge well after a... 9 Responses | Other threads
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batteries
HP's New Boston Power Laptop Batteries Last 3x Longer, Charge To 80% in 30 Minutes
Coming to HP laptops at the beginning of next year, the new cells by Boston Power (dubbed "Enviro" by HP) will charge faster and last 1,000 cycles without degrading. -
apple
MacBook and MacBook Pro Take a Performance Dive While On AC Power Alone
Laptop batteries aren't the exactly the tortoises of the gadget world: they start out strong, then get weaker and weaker until eventually you can't even make it through an episode of 30 Rock on a full charge. So some users have taken up the practice of popping out their batteries while on AC power to try to eke out a few more months of juice. But the guys over at Gearlog tested performance on their new MacBook Pro with and without the battery, and here's the lesson: leave that battery in the computer where it belongs. More »
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By Dan NosowitzComment by visualpurple: I really don't understand why you would want to use your laptop without a battery... First of all, all it would... 14 Responses | Other threads
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psp
Datel Lite Blue Tool Hacks the PSP 3000 With a Battery
The Datel Lite Blue Tool looks to be the best option we've got at the moment for hacking the PSP 3000. It's essentially a smart battery that clones Sony lab equipment to put the PSP 2000 and PSP 3000 into Service Mode. From this mode, users are approaching the PSP with the access of a Sony engineer and can load old, cracked firmware that's open to run homebrew. The Datel Lite Blue Tool will be available later this month for $30. So just how much are those SNES romz worth to you? [Maxconsole]
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By Mark WilsonComment by Glare: JUST TELL ME ONE THING! CAN THIS HACK MY TA-88-V3 PSP 2000?! BECAUSE I BOUGHT IT 2 MONTHS AGO AND I... 8 Responses | Other threads
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netbooks
The 10-Hour Asus Eee: Big, Bad and Fugly
I'd thought that the 7800mAh battery for the MSI Wind was absurd, but one netbook fan got his hands on a $62 12000mAh battery for his Asus Eee. The result, pictured here, adds over half a pound to the machine's weight and an uncomfortable incline to typing on the system. But it should offer 8-10 hours of battery life, too. Here's the more obnoxious closed shot: More » -
duracell
The Duracell Powerpack 450 Talks You Through a Jump Start
Because I rarely drive these days, I still roll around in a car I bought 8 years ago. It runs fine, but sooner or later it is going to quit on me. I'll tell you what though, in my situation, the new addition to Duracell's Powerpack linuep looks like peace of mind in a lunch pail-sized box. In addition to jump starting your car, it can power up AC, DC and USB-powered electronics (340 W continuous / 450 W peak). It even has a voice feature that informs you on the estimated runtime for devices that you plug in as well as instructions on how to use its vehicle jump starter and air compressor (150 psi). All-in-all, the 450 looks one seriously useful device for your $150. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by joandrade: What's the big deal in having an 8 year old car? My car is 20 years old and it never crapped... 4 Responses | Other threads
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notebooks
Don't Fear the Cheap Third-Party Laptop Battery
We've been giving you tons of ways to salvage your well-used gadgets as we weather the financiapocalypse, but one thing you can't hack your way out of is needing a new battery for your laptop. Eventually, your battery will wear out to the point it won't even chug through a single YouPorn clip, and by that time (2-3 years), getting a new one direct from your laptopmaker will be obscenely expensive. What to do? Embrace the cheap third-party battery. More » -
audio
Dreams DJ Speaker Is Really Just a Fake Turntable for Tiny People
I long for the days of pops and hisses and scratches of turntables and analog sound. Nah, I lied. I'm too lazy for vinyl, unless we are talking about vinyl bras. And while most of you probably haven't ever seen a long play, if you want to buy yet another piece of craptabolous plastic that says you once wanted to be a DJ and live in Ibiza raving all day, the Dreams DJ Speaker has to be yours. Because nothing says "I'm a Cool DJ" better than a tiny $45.99 speaker shaped like a turntable, specially one with a built-in battery which can be recharged using the USB port. David Guetta will be proud. [Audio Cubes via Random Good Stuff]
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By Jesus DiazComment by LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Vinyl Bras...what a coincidence, I like those too! 1 Responses | Other threads
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battery
Sony Recalls Battery Packs Found in HP, Toshiba and Dell Laptops
Today HP, Toshiba, and Dell issued a recall of 100,000 Sony battery packs found in their laptops sold between 2004 and 2006. Only 35,000 battery packs were affected in the U.S, with an additional 65,000 batteries recalled worldwide. Out of the 40 reported incidents, only 19 incidents have been in the U.S., thus affecting a smaller amount of people than in past Sony battery recalls. There have been reports of smoke and fire coming from the laptops. Sony issued a statement saying that the defective batteries are related to manufacturing line adjustments from 2004 to 2005. For a list of affected laptops, please head over to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website for more details. The CPSC asks that laptop owners should take the batteries out and immediately contact the manufacturer for replacements. [U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]
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By Erica HoComment by daftrok: ....Crap did I travel back in time again? 2 Responses | Other threads
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iphone
Dear iPhone Users, We Somehow Still Don't Know that You Want Cut and Paste
AT&T is circulating a survey among some of its longer-term iPhone users with a checklist of features they'd like to see. It's a follow-up to a similar survey a few months back, and apparently also serves to judge reactions to the 2.1 firmware. Some of the most regular complaints make the list, including picture messaging through MMS, landscape mode for email, a user-replaceable battery, and the all-mighty cut and paste. The survey probably doesn't imply any kind of imminent changes, but it's nice to hear that AT&T is trying to listen to what we've all been screaming for so long. [AppleInsider]
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By Dan NosowitzComment by Wegmans: I honestly could care less about copy paste!!!! I have never needed it, and when i had my BB, i used... 9 Responses | Other threads
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lightning review
Mophie Juice Pack for iPhone 3G Lightning Review: It Doubles the Power
The Gadget: The Mophie Juice Pack battery extender for the iPhone 3G snugly wraps around your phone and claims to more than double the available power. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by smackswell: "but if you are willing to drop the cash during these uncertain financial times...." Can we drop this kinda language? I'm... 4 Responses | Other threads
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fuel cell
Panasonic Laptop Fuel Cell Delivers 20 Hours of Power With Highly Concentrated Methanol
Panasonic's latest fuel cell breakthrough is the world's smallest designed for notebooks—270cc, about the same size as the existing lithium ones. They use highly concentrated methanol, similar to ones designed for the military as the fuel source, though 200cc of juice will give you 20 hours of power—or a whole one with an Alienware full SLI monster playing Crysis at max settings. More » -
macbook pro
New MacBook Pro Battery Has Less Battery Power Than Old One
This confirms what I suspected—the new MacBook Pro battery has a lower capacity than the old one. About 16 percent less to be specific. The old battery was rated at 5600mAh/60Wh, but the new ones are rated at 4700mAh/50Wh. This perfectly explains why you now need to use the integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M on the new Pro to get the same five-hour (rated, not real world) battery life as you did with the discrete 8600M GT on the previous-gen Pro, despite its use of more energy-efficient DDR3 memory (which would negate drops from the faster FSB) and the same processor clock speeds. More » -
cellphones
Mophie iPhone 3G Battery Extender Available For Preorder, Shipping This Month
Mophie's wraparound battery extenders for the first iPhone provided some relief to incessant browsers and movie-watchers, and they're looking to adapt their "Juice Pack" to the even more anemic iPhone 3G. What does this pack offer that the others don't? A mini USB port for syncing and charging and Apple's coveted "Works With iPhone" certification, which Mophie assures us will come through soon (their 1st gen packs had it, so they're probably telling the truth). The extenders should ship by the 30th of October, pending Apple's final decision on the certification, but are available for preorder now at $100. Battery life claims are below. [Mophie] More » -
power up
Silver-Zinc Batteries Coming in 2009 With 40% Better Run Time Than Lithium-Ion
Lithium-ion is, by far, the most common form of rechargeable battery found in today's mobile devices. However, a shift towards silver zinc may be looming on the horizon thanks to a new product in development by ZPower, Inc. Ross E. Dueber, president and CEO of the company is scheduled to address attendees at the Batteries 2008 conference in Nice, France starting tomorrow, where he will tout the advantages of his silver-zinc technology scheduled to launch in "a major notebook computer in 2009." Whether we will find out the identity of this "major notebook" in the coming days remains to be seen, but the impending release does offer some hope for consumers frustrated by the battery life of their precious portable gadgets. More » -
lightning review
Oncore 6-Bay MacBook and iBook Charger Lightning Review
The Gadget: Oncore's 6-Bay MacBook or iBook battery charger that really only charges three batteries at one time because it's a cluster of charging bays and not six individual chargers. Once the first battery in a single charging bay is full it will switch charging to the other battery which allows for six batteries to be fully charged over time. More »
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Comment by dhaberer: Wow, do you really need that many batteries for your macbooks? Well I guess since you've already overpaid for... 4 Responses | Other threads
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batteries
Toshiba 'Super Charge' Laptop Batteries Hit 90% in 10 Minutes, Age Well
Toshiba's Super Charge Ion Batteries (SCiBs) have been floating around in various industrial applications for a while now, prompting some serious envy in the consumer space with their ridiculously fast charge time and remarkable lifespan (5000-6000 charge cycles to a normal lithium ion's 500). A year and about one worn-out laptop battery later, Toshiba is showing a prototype of a SCiB notebook battery at CEATEC, quickly charging a Dynabook in what must be one of the least visually stimulating demos of the show. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by phoomp: 90% charge in 10 minutes, 95% drain in 5 minutes? 1 Responses | Other threads
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apple
iPhone Battery Lawsuit Dismissed, Steve Won't Send Luca Brasi
The Apple part of the iPhone battery class-action lawsuit has been dismissed by U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, who looked at the claims brought by Jose Trujillo and deemed them as dumbtastically stoopeed. Not exactly in those words, but I know that's exactly what he meant with his words: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Andwu: I think that the guts behind this lawsuit is that Apple designs its products to last only so long before... 9 Responses | Other threads
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power up
EVOLTA, the World's Longest-Lasting AA Alkaline Battery, Coming to the US
We first heard about the Guinness record-holding EVOLTA AA battery back in April, but at the time they were only available in Japan. However, Panasonic is bringing their new product to the States staring this October in AA or AAA four and eight packs (priced at $5 and $9 respectively). I would just stick with rechargeables, but hey—that's just me. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by ogremustcrush: I'm pretty sure you can get a pack of like 40 AA Alkalines at Costco for a bit south of... 2 Responses | Other threads
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