All that we're waiting for now is the chance to test the much-lauded battery-life and do a full run-down with a review sample -- expect that pretty soon.
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The 4th generation Intel Core processor family enables true all-day battery life -- representing the most significant battery life capability improvement in Intel history.
Receiver chips must be energy-efficient to preserve battery life--an important consideration in any mobile device.
Users can work for hours with nearly all-day battery life and tablet-like quick resume from standby.
And, as we've seen by now, there are serious limitations to this device -- namely its price, image quality and battery life -- that may prevent that from happening.
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They would mostly run Android, sport single-core ARM chips, relatively-short battery life (think 4-5 hours), inferior touchscreens (stylus, anyone?), and often a poor selection of apps (subsets of the Google Android Market or, in the case of e-readers, none at all).
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Now, photos and videos -- along with an indicator and notifications regarding your phone's battery life -- are getting thrown into the mix as well.
It offers an extensive battery life of up to 7 hours as standard and with an optional long-life battery.
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Offering up to 6.5 hours of battery life with the standard battery, and up to 13 hours with the optional HP Slim Fit Extended-Life battery, (5) the HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition includes powerful Intel Core processors and ATI Mobility Radeon HD(2) 5650 graphics for demanding tasks.
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The Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr MAXX HD, offering 4.7-inch displays, extended battery life and dual-core processors, will be available before the holidays.
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Priced at the same level as the mid-sized, 20-gigabyte iPod, it is smaller and lighter and has a 30-hour battery life (compared with eight hours for the mid-sized iPod).
When you've got a bad case of the short-battery life blues, Nyko, it seems, is almost always around to augment your troubles away.
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One of the most frustrating performance issues with the Pentax Q is the camera's absolutely pitiful battery life -- worse than any cam we've used in recent memory.
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It does have a tasteful, understated design and decent battery life -- we'll say that much -- but in our testing we've been pretty underwhelmed by the jumpy trackpad.
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While Apple claims the device gets up to five hours of battery life--just about enough for a cross-country flight, provided you're not delayed--the inability to replace the battery on the go could be a problem for hard-core road warriors, who pop batteries into their machines the way a long-distance trucker gobbles amphetamines.
The efficiency produces all the torque needed to let a 165-pound person walk, but with just a 30W to 60W motor versus SPARKy's 150W -- a big help to battery life that also reduces the AMP-Foot 2.0's weight to that of the fleshy kind.
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The Edge 510 is rugged, waterproof and has up to a 20-hour battery life.
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The headphones have a 30-hour battery life and are recharged via the included USB cable.
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Powered by a long-life battery, our proprietary Bluetooth implementation provides freedom from cords without sound-quality compromises.
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The brochure claims it offers 12 hours of battery life too -- rechargeable by mini USB.
Hotspots have an approximate four-hour battery life and come with local charging cables.
The dual-core A5 chip delivers responsive graphics and a fast, fluid Multi-Touch experience, while still providing all-day battery life.
The new Seagate Wireless Plus now also includes a 10-hour battery life to match that of most tablets and smart phones.
Spark EV's long-life battery is designed to be safe, durable and reliable, and is warranted for eight years or 100, 000 miles.
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Qualcomm says the setup enables bright colors in direct sunlight, weeks-long battery life and an image refresh rate fast enough to support video.
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If and when this reflective display makes it to market, you can surely expect e-reader battery life to go even more of a distance.
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It has a large enough screen where consumers will expect far more than a smartphone experience, but also has a usage model that demands all-day battery life.
As GPU technology becomes powerful enough to support native-like gaming and video, software development must be optimized to ensure that all-day battery life is prevalent in all smartphones.
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These improvements will enable new experiences for business and personal use in devices as thin as 8mm that have all-day battery life and weeks of standby, all at lower prices.
This is possibly best thought of as a very big Experia phone with no screen and a one-second battery life, with the option to upgrade to a full PS3 experience.
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