RSS8 Hour Laptop Battery Due in 2006
By Ed Oswald | Published August 25, 2005, 12:01 PM
The need to change a laptop battery every few hours may soon be an annoyance of the past. Intel and Matsushita, the maker of Panasonic brand products, are jointly developing technology that would produce laptop batteries with 8 hours of power per charge.
To be finished by next April, the battery is based on lithium-ion technology that can store up to 30 percent more power and has a lower end-of-discharge voltage, which means it can run longer before needing a recharge. The battery would work with current power-saving techniques used by Intel in order to extend its usable life.
I'm sorry, but this article is not as good as it should have been, just take a look at:
http://informationweek.c...tml?articleID=170100061
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|That statement is something for the feedback form; not a comment.
There's just no courtesy anymore.
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|Oh there sure is, but please note that I'm a rather new user, and I don't know of such feedback form, and you also forgot to add the link, so where is it?
Thanks ;)
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|It leasts its not that urine powered battery. You'd got a shock trying to refill it. :)
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|I don't get it - they're saying that li-ion battteries have 30 per cent more power - yes, but that's compared to nimh batteries - the batteries in the powerbooks are li-ion as it is. Of course they wil get better and better with time, but aren't they saying they're producing batteries right now that will hold a charge of about 6-7 hours?
Further, I'm interested in how many Amp-hours/watts, because you can build a battery that will last for 100 hours if you want to - it depends on how much power is drawn and the size of the battery. I mean, look at the iPod Minis. It's not like it's difficult to produce a long lasting battery per se, it's a matter of making them small at the same time.
I don't get it ..
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|I agree. I would also love to hear how 30% more power adds up to 8 hrs of use. They must mean 8 hours in power saving mode or hybernation. There's no way in hell their battery is going to last 8 hrs playing videos or games. Intel is known for throwing around big numbers like this and then later on pretending like they never said it.
Come April they will either push the release date back, or release something else to avert everyone's attention. It may be some other type of battery, but I highly doubt it will be this magical 8 hour genie.
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|Does that include 802.11G/B access? What about N. Is that a centrino or some different processor? I can make a car go 200 miles on a gallon of gas if I find a big enough hill. Details!!
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|I'll believe it when I see it.
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|8 hours is not as interesting as the Toshiba's Lithium-Ion battery that charges 80% in 1 minute:
http://www.betanews.com/...n_One_Minute/1112209978
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|Indeed, too bad that battery won't come out in 2006!
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|Yeah man, I'm waiting for that technology, then I will buy another laptop. In the meantime, I will just use my old Dell notebook for another 50 more years :P
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|Will this mean that us current notebook users will be able to benefit from this new battery?
Does that mean I will be able to use this new lithium battery for my Inspiron 8200? (P4-M processor)
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|I'd like to know what happened to Toshiba's batteries...They've had these methane type fuel cell batteries, and they said it would be out 2003...then 2004...then '05...keeps getting delayed every year -_-
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|Heh & now they've partnered with intel to produce a product that doesn't actually exist xD.
Probably more "centrino" hype.
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|Hope they can come up with a Turbine electric motor with this too.
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