Battery Bottleneck
By: Charles Douglas | Dec 21st, 2006 at 01:28PM
You know there is a serious problem in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood when the Samsung BlackJack comes with two batteries in the box. The wireless industry itself is facing a problem with the power these new phones are using. At this rate we’ll have to carry a charger with us constantly, or a backpack full of batteries. Why are we still using the old Lithium-Ion technology in these “bad batts”? Why haven’t phone companies fully embraced new batteries like Lithium-Polymer? The only company who uses Li-Po (I’m sorry, had to do that) is Sony Ericsson and those phones have around 8-9 hours of talk time on a single charge. With 3G technology like HSDPA and EV-DO REV A launching and in our faces who wants to hear, “Are those batteries in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”.
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