Comments on: Battery Dead? Blame the Display — or the Weather http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Here Come Energy-Efficient Wi-Fi Devices - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/#comment-144913 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:57:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18711#comment-144913 [...] this year, we looked at a few of the reasons why mobile devices power down quickly, among them gorgeous displays, cold weather, and needy chips and applications that keep the [...]

]]> By: Liquavista Debuts Brighter, Greener Displays | Eco Friendly Mag http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/#comment-144912 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:39:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18711#comment-144912 [...] Screens are the biggest culprit when it comes to zapping your phone’s battery. The backlight on LCDs accounts for much of the power consumption but Liquavista’s displays saves energy by forgoing the backlight. As we continue to do more display-intensive things with our phones — like watching video — we’ll need displays that consume less power, as anyone struggling with their smartphone’s battery life will tell you. [...]

]]> By: Liquavista Debuts Brighter, Greener Displays http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/#comment-144911 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:29:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18711#comment-144911 [...] Screens are the biggest culprit when it comes to zapping your phone’s battery. The backlight on LCDs accounts for much of the power consumption but Liquavista’s displays saves energy by forgoing the backlight. As we continue to do more display-intensive things with our phones — like watching video — we’ll need displays that consume less power, as anyone struggling with their smartphone’s battery life will tell you. [...]

]]> By: Liquavista Debuts Brighter, Greener Displays « Earth2Tech http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/#comment-144910 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:02:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18711#comment-144910 [...] Screens are the biggest culprit when it comes to zapping your phone’s battery. The backlight on LCDs accounts for much of the power consumption but Liquavista’s displays saves energy by forgoing the backlight. As we continue to do more display-intensive things with our phones — like watching video — we’ll need displays that consume less power, as anyone struggling with their smartphone’s battery life will tell you. [...]

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Managing the Danger: September 17, 2008 Edition http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/#comment-144909 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:15:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18711#comment-144909 [...] Dead batteries [...]

]]> By: sachin http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/#comment-144908 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:17:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18711#comment-144908 Amazing tips …I never knew this before. Will keep all these things in mind..Thanks.

]]> By: Craig Rubens http://gigaom.com/2008/08/26/battery-dead-blame-the-display-or-the-weather/#comment-144907 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:37:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18711#comment-144907 Those OLED screens are pretty slick gizmos. Combine that with the rumors that Apple is thinking about putting photovoltaic cells behind the screen (http://earth2tech.com/2008/05/27/apple-eying-solar-for-ipods-iphones-laptops/), and you’ve got a long-lasting mobile device that might never need a plug.

A boy can dream at least.

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