The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ is an Android tablet with a full HD display, a built-in kickstand, and crazy long battery life: Lenovo says you should be able to get up to 18 hours on a charge. First unveiled in February, the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ is now available for order for $369. […]
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HyperJuice external batteries offer up to 53 hours of Macbook run time
There’s no such thing as too much battery life… but if there was, the folks at HyperJuice would be on a mission to prove it. The company makes external battery packs that you can use to charge a phone, tablet, or Apple laptop. The biggest model is a 61,000mAh, 222Wh battery which can extend the […]
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Toshiba upgrades Kirabook laptop, promises 22 hours of battery life
A lot of PC makers promise all-day battery life, but usually that means 8-10 hours of run time. Toshiba says its new Kirabook laptop will be able to run for up to 22 hours. Assuming you sleep at least two hours a day, that’s seriously an all-day battery. You’ll have to make a few sacrifices […]
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Ainol Novo 10 Eternal is a 10 inch tablet with a big battery
Chinese tablet maker Ainol’s latest tablet features Android 4.2 software, a 10 inch screen, and a battery which the company says should last for up to 15 hours of run time. Maybe that’s why the company’s calling it the Ainol Novo 10 Eternal. Eternity isn’t what it used to be if it tops out at […]
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Intel promises laptops with 50 percent more battery life (Haswell)
Intel’s 4th generation Core processors are designed to use less electricity while providing better performance than their predecessors. In fact, Computer World reports Intel is now saying that laptops with the upcoming “Haswell” chips could offer up to 50 percent more battery life than models with 3rd-gen “Ivy Bridge” processors. That’s a bold claim, since […]
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Acer launches new chromebooks with more RAM, longer battery life
The $199 Acer Chromebook is one of the cheapest laptops money can buy — but the 11.6 inch Chrome OS notebook is also hampered by mediocre battery life. You’d be lucky to get 4 hours of run time out of the laptop. But now Acer is introducing options with larger batteries and more RAM. . […]
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$399 iPad 2 gets up to 30 percent more battery life than older $499 model
When Apple introduced the “new iPad” with a retina display a few months ago, the company didn’t discontinue the iPad 2. Apple just made it cheaper, knocking $100 off the base price and offering the iPad 2 for $399 while the new iPad starts at $499. But it turns out Apple didn’t just lower the price. […]
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Technique for better WiFi management could improve battery life
One of the best ways to improve battery life on a laptop, smartphone, or tablet is to shut off the WiFi radio. Of course, that’s not always practical, but a grad student at Duke University has come up with a technique for managing WiFi networking that uses between 38 and 51 percent less energy. […]
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Oak Trail tablets could get longer battery life with Android, MeeGo
Evolve III introduced a triple boot tablet earlier this year called the Maestro that could run Windows, Android, and Maemo Linux. Now the company is pitching an updated model called the Maestro S which moves from an Intel Atom N475 Pine Trail processor to a new Intel Atom Oak Trail chip, making the Maestro S […]
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Lenovo ThinkPad X220 really does get 20+ hours of battery life (sort of)
The recently launched Lenovo ThinkPad X220 is a business-class laptop with a 12.5 inch display and a starting price of $899. But what really sets the laptop apart from the competition is Lenovo’s claim that you can get up to 24 hours of run time with the optimal battery configuration. The folks at Laptop Magazine […]