In the medium term, solar power combined with improved battery storage systems will make a difference, as will military vehicles with hybrid electric engines.
The X-Slim series notebooks weigh just 2.8 lbs, but come loaded with the most storage space and the largest battery (4-Cell) in their class.
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The GALAXY Win also allows users to enjoy extended multimedia use and longer talk time with 8GB of internal storage and a 2, 000mAh battery.
Of the two models unveiled at this week's show, the Peak is the higher-end: it boasts a 4.3-inch qHD display, 8MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing cam, a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Play chipset (MSM8225), 512MB RAM, 4GB storage with microSD expansion and a 1, 800mAh battery.
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The need to engineer energy storage equipment that could work well with solar or wind power plants has prompted many private and public investments in battery and other storage technologies.
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The Voyager Air ships with up to 1TB of storage, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery for portable use, and USB 3.0 speed.
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The device has two English language and four translation dictionaries built-in and provides up to two months battery life(with wireless off) and 2GB of storage.
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The automakers need to come out with battery packs that can retain a greater percentage of their storage capacity for longer, cost half as much, and have improved energy density, so that they can serve many driving cycles.
The updated model doubles the memory to 4GB RAM, expands the hard drive storage to 320GB, and packs a 6-cell battery with a rated life of 6 hours.
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Likewise Seagate has greatly improved their personal mobile wireless device, now called the Wireless Plus with up to 1 TB of storage capacity, WiFi access and reported 10 hour battery life.
Solar panels will supply the electricity at Supercharger stations, with a 500-kilowatt-hour supersize version of its car battery as backup storage.
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This means that for roughly around 100 euros, we can expect to see a device with a 3MP camera, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage, a 1, 580mAh battery and a 1GHz single-core Snapdragon S17225A CPU. Don't expect an earth-shattering experience on this kind of phone, as it's meant to reside strictly on the low end.
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There's both a removable battery and storage expansion through microSD (up to a possible 64GB) with 8GB of built-in storage there to begin with.
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There's a 3, 200mAh battery and internal storage that can be expanded by microSD up to 64GB, with 8 or 16 gigs (there's two models) built-in to begin with.
It weighs only 185 grams, has a battery life up to one month, and holds up to a thousand eBooks, with storage of up to 30, 000 books with expandable memory.
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With an improved 1, 300mAh battery capacity, multimedia usage is guaranteed for longer, whilst 4GB of storage means more videos, music and images can be stored without having to delete old content.
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