Battery Schmattery
I’m increasingly convinced that the final frontier of all things mobile or portable is power. Today my wireless mouse died within hours of me putting new batteries in. Better quality ones last consistently longer, but cheapo Ikea ones have very variable life.
My 9-month old SonyEricsson W900i needs charged up more or less everyday if it’s been used any amount.
My Sony Vaio still manages 20 minutes. Maybe. If you’re lucky.
My shiny new black MacBook works for hours without problem, but doubles as a trouser press due the massive heat built up on the lower surface.
And today Toshiba added another recall of batteries, taking the number up to over 4 million recalls this year. Ouch.
Once again I hope that there are people working on this problem, somewhere. And I hope they make a lot of money at it. They deserve to if they can crack portable power.
September 20th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
Another case of Sony batteries going kaput (or perhaps more accurately, “kaboom!”) As far as I’m aware, all of the recent spate of battery recalls have been for Sony batteries. This is the first article I’ve seen that actually explicitly states that it’s Sony at fault…
Dunc
September 21st, 2006 at 9:16 am
Just have to say that the battery in my Nokia 6630 (and my 6600 prior to that) lasts almost a week between charges!
J