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How to Give Your Palm Pre Battery an Extra Boost

How to Give Your Palm Pre Battery an Extra Boost

[ 0 ] August 25, 2009

Lets face it, we can always use a little more when it comes to the battery life available by the majority of the smartphones on the market. Specifically speaking, the Palm Pre has been among those getting bad press for it’s less than stellar battery life. However, the crew over at PalmPre-Hacks have been all [...]

A Helping Hand For Your Blackberry’s Battery

A Helping Hand For Your Blackberry’s Battery

[ 0 ] July 2, 2009

While progress is being made, smartphone batteries still struggle to keep up with all of the capabilities that make them so desirable. This will change with time as battery technology continues to rapidly progress. In the meantime, there are plenty of alternatives available for getting more from each charge, with new ones popping up on [...]

Solar Powered Smartphone of the Future?

Solar Powered Smartphone of the Future?

[ 0 ] June 21, 2009

It’s a futuristic concept, but isn’t that how most revolutionary devices start out? Aleksandr Mukomelov has designed what he calls the Mobile Script phone. Mukomelov’s novel design consists of

Palm Pre Battery Drawing Mixed Reviews

Palm Pre Battery Drawing Mixed Reviews

[ 0 ] June 14, 2009

With a little over a week having passed since the Palm Pre was officially made available to the public, reviews on Palm’s answer to the iPhone aren’t very difficult to come by. And while the majority of opinions on the Pre seem to overall be pretty positive, as expected the new smartphone’s battery isn’t anything [...]

U.S. Cellular Launches Free Battery Exchange Program

U.S. Cellular Launches Free Battery Exchange Program

[ 3 ] May 18, 2009

Beginning  May 19, the nation’s fifth-largest wireless carrier will begin replacing it’s customers dead or dying batteries with a a fully-charged replacement for no cost. Chicago-based U.S. Cellular announced the Battery Swap program just about a week ago and will be the first and only wireless carrier

New Battery App Developed for Nokia Smartphones

New Battery App Developed for Nokia Smartphones

[ 0 ] May 3, 2009

One of the most common complaints regarding smartphones tends to be the ability of the battery to keep up with all of it’s features and capabilities. 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth all take a heavy toll on batteries and often leave smartphone owners in the frustrating position of having a powerless device. As the most [...]

JD Power Consumer Smartphone Ratings: iPhone Rules All But Battery Aspect

JD Power Consumer Smartphone Ratings: iPhone Rules All But Battery Aspect

[ 3 ] May 1, 2009

To no great surprise, Apple’s iPhone was announced as winner of the JD Power 2009 Wireless Consumer Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study. Apple scored 791 on the 1,000-point scale while LG was second with 772 and Samsung third with 759. RIM Blackberry, Palm, and HTC followed, with

Overheating Blackberry Bold? It’s Not The Battery

Overheating Blackberry Bold? It’s Not The Battery

[ 0 ] March 1, 2009

With nearly 30 cases of over-heating keyboards being reported by customers who had recently purchased the Blackberry Bold, Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo announced it had suspended domestic sales of the newest smartphone from Blackberry. While there have been no reports of the cellphone handsets catching fire or causing injuries, it was clearly disconcerting [...]