MacBook Air is known as the smallest and lightest laptops that have been released. Due to its size and weight, consumers were directly attracted with this Apple product. On the other hand, there is one main feature in MacBook Air that was importantly discussed by a few experts. That one feature is its battery.
As we all already know, MacBook Air requires a corresponding battery for extensive use. Due to this, the Bird Electron, a Japanese company who is working for the Apple is offering its MacBook Air an external battery.
It seems that, Bird Electron’s MacBook Air External battery applies the eight C batteries, which are actually big and massive. Specially, it measures 8″x 6″x 2 and weighs around 2.3 lbs.
You may state it’s costly and also you shall make another attempt to carry this thing with you. But I can also say that this external battery is valuable as a backup in times of urgent situations. Take note, not all hassles are inadequate, they have workable functions too. This comes obviously in the MacBook Air external battery.
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No further, the Bird Electron’s MacBook Air external battery is yet the most excellent for MacBook Air. But I do look forward to that Bird Electron will not settle in this recent product. I’m sure they are already at the stage of judgment further developments with MacBook Air external battery.
These new SSD units are not only faster, but also smaller. This could allow Apple to offer even better battery life or a thinner chassis on the already thin Air.
The SSD allows the MacBook Air to feel far faster than their older Core2Duo processors would normally allow. The 1.8-inch iPod-class hard drives used in the old MacBook Airs are very slow in comparison with SSD-equipped machines.
Rumors have it that the new Airs are right around the corner and will be shipping with OS X Lion out of the box.
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One day, if Apple follows through on work embodied in a recent patent application, you'll be able to "pour" data from your iPhone into an iPad lying on a table below it.
Or, with the flick of the wrist, you'll "throw" photos and videos from from your iPod touch onto your desktop Mac's display.
Or you'll gently blow a file to a close friend.
This user-interface wackiness – and more – is described in "Intuitive, gesture-based communications with physics metaphors", a patent application filed in January of last year and published this Thursday.
The lead inventor listed in the filing, Brett Bilbrey, is the senior manager of Apple's Technology Advancement group – and as he says in his LinkedIn profile after giving his title: "And as you can imagine, that is about all I can say about that."
Indeed. The only way we mere mortals can glimpse what may be going on behind Cupertino's brushed-aluminum curtain is through patent applications such as this one – and, by the way, you can join in the fun at the United States Patent and Trademark Office'ssearch page each and every Thursday, when applications are published.
This week's look-see turned up one of the more offbeat UI ideas than we've seen in some time. The basic idea is that a device's "one or more onboard motion sensors" could detect a gesture such as tipping or flipping, and then cause onscreen items to animate is ways governed by a "physics metaphor" that would eject those items from one device and land them on another device with which the first device shares a network connection.
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"During the transfer," the filing explains, "the first device can animate the object to simulate the object leaving the first device and the second device can animate the object to simulate the object entering the second device."
In addition to being activated by motion sensors – think accelerometers or gyroscopes – flicking and tossing could also be induced by gestures on a trackpad or touch-sensitive display. One might, for example, shove photos one by one off your iPad and onto a friend's.
Our particular favorite method of moving on-screen objects is described as follows: "A user can initiate transmission of a selected file by generally aligning the device with the target device and then blowing air across the display of the device. One or more microphones on the device can detect the sound of moving air and the direction of airflow. The direction of airflow can be used to infer the intent of the user to identify a target device."
The filing goes into some detail about how the transfer animations might look. A virtual portal, for example, might appear on the first device, and the object might swirl into it like water going down a drain, or be distorted like Mac OS X's "genie effect." Larger files might move more slowly when tipped towards the virtual opening, while smaller files might zip quickly through.
Altenatively, an object might simply dissolve "like a tablet in water", then rematerialize on the target device. On that device, objects could be made to appear as if they are floating above other on-screen elements until their transfer was accepted.
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We are still covering what you might see when the iPhone 5 launches this fall, but Apple is already working on the 6th generation iPhone which is expected to launch in 2012.
The Wall Street Journal reports that, “People briefed on Apple’s plans said the company is planning a major iPhone revamp then, with one person saying the company has been experimenting with features such as a new way of charging the phone.” There are no specific details released, but given Apple’s love for making their own accessories to solve common user complaints such as the Smart Cover, we anticipate this new charging method will focus on faster charging or wireless charging.
Two of the most common iPhone accessories I am asked about are the PowerMat wireless charging solution and the Mophie Juice battery pack which doubles your iPhone battery life. Each of these accessories can add $$50 to $100 to the price of your iPhone, money which could have been spent on Apple branded accessories or iPhone apps. In order to meet the needs of power-hungry iPhone users Apple could be working on their own improvements to iPhone charging.
Wireless iPhone ChargingNow that the wireless charging standard qi has been around long enough to get buy in from players like Energizer and Verizon, Apple could build wireless charging into the iPhone 6 quite easily. This would allow Apple to offer more value with the base iPhone and make money selling Apple branded qi chargers. The move to go wireless charging syncs up well with iOS 5‘s Wi-Fi syncing and backup, AirPlay and iCloud direction.
At the same time, it would allow Apple to maintain a semi friendly relationship with iPhone accessory makers who would be able to use the qi standard to build their own wireless iPhone charging accessories for your home, travel and in the car. Yes, Apple would prefer to make all the money if it could, but Steve Jobs isn’t stupid; he knows that the wide variety of iPhone accessories is one of the iPhone’s advantages over Android phones. This is an advantage that could be expanded with the inclusion of a standard wireless charging solution in the next iPhone.
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Another path Apple can take is to charge yo your iPhone faster, reducing the need for extra battery cases like the Mophie Juice Packs for many users. I was blown away by how fast the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 charged, going from empty to 80% in under 30 minutes. If Lenovo can charge a laptop battery in that amount of time, I hope Apple can put together a means of fast charging the next generation iPhone.
Imagine plugging your iPhone in for as little as a half hour and walking away with a nearly full charge. This won’t solve all of our problems, but most users can find 30 minutes to charge their iPhone at some point in the day.
I am not holding my breath for a wireless charging iPhone that also charges up to 80% in under 30 minutes, but it is still a long way away. If we are lucky Apple will surprise us with built-in wireless charging on the iPhone 5 and improve from there.
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1) A new camcorder battery comes in a discharged condition and must be charged before use (refer to the devices manual for charging instructions). Upon initial use (or after a prolonged storage period) the digital camcorder battery may require three to four charge/discharge cycles before achieving maximum capacity.
When charging the camcorder battery for the first time the device may indicate that charging is complete after just 10 or 15 minutes. This is a normal phenomenon with rechargeable batteries. Remove the digital camcorder battery from the device, reinsert it and repeat the charging procedure.
2) It is important to condition (fully discharge and then fully charge) the camcorder battery every two to three weeks. Failure to do so may significantly shorten the battery’s life (this does not apply to Li-Ion batteries, which do not require conditioning). To discharge, simply run the device under the digital camcorder battery’s power until it shuts down or until you get a low battery warning. Then recharge the battery as instructed in the user’s manual.
3) If the camcorder battery will not be in use for a month or longer, it is recommended that digital camcorder battery be removed from the device and stored in a cool, dry, clean place.
4) The milliamp-hour (mAh) rating of the Hi-CapacityT camcorder battery will often be higher than the one on the original battery. A higher mAh rating is indicative of a longer lasting (higher capacity) battery and will not cause any incompatibilities. A Hi-CapacityT digital camcorder battery will, in most cases, outperform the original by 30% to 50%.
5) New camcorder needs to be fully charged and discharged (cycled) a few times before it can condition to full capacity. Rechargeable batteries undergo self-discharging when left unused. Always store a digital camcorder in a fully charged staged for storage.
6) Don’t short circuit terminal or store your digital camcorder with metal parts. Don’t connect and disconnect the camcorder within a short interval to prevent irregular charging of the rechargeable battery.
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7) It’s okay to use different brands of digital camera batteries in the same device — for example, Energizer, Duracell, and generic. Voltage is voltage, and the device neither knows nor cares that made the camera batteries you put in it. Remember, you can mix brands but not types Camera Batteries self-discharge quicker when it’s hot. They’re fine at room temperature, but once it’s over 90o or so, they’ll start losing their charge faster. So don’t leave digital camcorder in a hot car.
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A new software program, SleepWell, helps Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones manage downloads and battery life.
W-Fi is a major drain on batteries, especially around other Wi-Fi devices in the neighborhood (or at Starbucks). In such cases, each device has to "stay awake" before it gets its turn to download a small piece of the desired information.
Researchers found that battery drainage in downloading a movie in Manhattan is far higher than downloading the same movie in a farmhouse in the Midwest.
Duke University-developed software eliminates this Wi-Fi drainage problem by allowing mobile devices to sleep while a neighboring device is downloading information. This not only saves energy for the sleeping device but for competing devices as well.
verything is always 100% better after a nice little nap, and Wi-Fi is no exception. By allowing smartphones to take sub-second naps while waiting to transfer data, it's possible to double battery life with just a clever piece of software.
You may think that your smartphone is continuously downloading data when you're streaming a YouTube video over Wi-Fi, but that's not exactly how it works, especially if you're connected to a Wi-Fi router that's trying to juggle a bunch of different devices at once. Instead, what happens is that your device gets sent a glop of data, and then waits around while the router serves whatever other devices are connected to it before sending you another glop.
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All of this waiting around is just battery life that your smartphone is wasting by being connected to a Wi-Fi access point while not actually doing anything. Justin Manweiler, a computer science graduate student at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, has figured out that by instructing smartphones to enter a Wi-Fi sleep mode while they're waiting for data, it's possible to cut their power consumption in half.
The system that Justin has developed is called SleepWell, and it's intended to be installed on access points (like routers) meaning that your smartphone can benefit from it without you even having to do anything at all. In fact, you won't even notice that your device is snoozing half the time, you'll just notice that hey, I have a bunch more battery life all of a sudden, awesome!
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Here's a detailed look at the hot features of iPhone 5:
There have been reports since early this year thatApple is testing iPhone which incorporates Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. NFC technology will enable users to make payments by merely waving the phone near devices which can read the information embedded in the phone.
Whether you tote a light-as-a-very-heavy-feather MacBook Air, or a slightly heavier MacBook, it’s fairly painless to take your laptop with you when you travel for work or play. But many people forget to change their Macs' settings when they move from their regular network to something more public. The settings that make it easy to share your files, music, and photos at home or in the office make it just as easy for strangers to stumble upon your data when you're at a coffee shop or on a cruise ship. Here's what you need to do to make sure your Mac isn't unnecessarily vulnerable when you travel.
If Apple equips the next iPhone with NFC, which is considered to be the next wave that revolutionizes mobile and contactless payment technology, it will instantly come on top of the competition. Mobile-payment services using NFC will be a hot segment in the future. However, the absence of an industry standard is impeding wider integration of this feature.
AT&T documents leaked by the hacking group LulzSec suggest that AppleiPhone 5 will offer 4G and will be LTE network compatible. LTE, or Long Term Evolution, is the latest standard in the mobile network technology and is a project of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Most mobile carriers in the world have plans to convert their networks into LTE, or 4G as it is often called. The current generation of mobile telecommunication networks are known as 3G or third generation.
However, some analysts have said an iPhone-friendly LTE chipset could come only in 2012 owing to supply chain issues. Qualcomm is the supplier of LTE chips and they have been facing yield problems of late. It has been widely reported that Apple was unhappy with the first generation LTE chipsets that make bulkier phones.
4G capability of the iPhone 5 will be a crucial factor in the building of the fourth generation network infrastructure in the US, it has been reported.
And then it is safe to assume that the iPhone 5 will be a world phone which blends GSM and CDMA capabilities. The purported world phone will make iPhone 5 available on a variety of networks across the world.
In all likelihood, iPhone 5 will have an improved flash unit for its camera. It has been reported that Apple has reduced orders for iPhone 4's current LED flash. Earlier, leaked images had suggested that the camera sensor and flash unit would be separated in the new iPhone.
The iPhone 5 will also reportedly have panoramic photo capabilities and 1080p Full HD videos. An iOS code section revealed recently that the next iPhone will let users take panoramic photos with the photo app.
Another feature iPhone 5 will have is stronger gaming capabilities supported by multi-core A5 processor and Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR Series6 mobile graphics processing architecture. Apple could be one of the companies that will get Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR Series6 mobile graphics processing architecture. It has been reported that Imagination Technologies is going to license its latest Rogue processor to six important partners. While it is confirmed that among the six are ST-Ericsson, Texas Instruments and MediaTek, the guess is that Apple is among the list as well.
An edge-to-edge display seems to be highly likely on iPhone 5, going by the endorsement this idea has got from observers and analysts. It is believed that iPhone 5 will have a 4 inch display, within the same encasement. This will be made possible by a technology that extends display over to the edges of the phone.
In March, iDealsChina showed in its website what it said was a leaked image of the iPhone 5 phone. The handset's screen looked larger and the hardware was bigger overall.
There were also reports in the past saying that Apple was spending an amazing $4 billion on some display technology for the new iPhone which would facilitate a much larger display on the same encasement.
There have been rumors about iPhone 5 turning into a social networking tool. If this happens the iPhone 5 is going to become your portable social network. The phone analyses your habits, tastes, lifestyle, aptitudes, travels and the like and finds people who share the same bandwidth. And then it tells you if a potential friend is in the vicinity. Conversely it allows you to be found and befriended by other iPhone 5 users.
It was reported earlier that iPhone 5 will have panoramic photo capabilities and 1080p Full HD videos. An iOS code section revealed that the next iPhone will let users take panoramic photos with the photo app.
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