Power to the people: ZDNet's guide to notebook batteries review
Reviews Hard to manufacture, expensive Hard to manufacture, expensive Notebooks, handhelds Look for lithium-polymer (Li-poly) technology to make its way into mobile phones, handhelds and notebooks in the near future.
[April 14, 2004, 10:00]
TI strides towards 65 nanometres
News The company plans to manufacture chips using the process in 2005. Limiting power consumption in chips -- which is becoming increasingly difficult as chips gain transistors -- boosts devices that use batteries, such as handhelds.
[March 23, 2004, 10:20]
Dell handhelds will be out by Christmas
News According to a report in Taiwan's DigiTimes, Dell has placed an order with Wistron to manufacture 1.1 million handhelds, slated for launch by Christmas. Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron has reportedly won a deal to produce personal digital...
[August 1, 2002, 15:06]
ARM improves video, memory
News ARM does not manufacture chips. ARM Holdings hopes to improve how handhelds and cell phones access memory and run video with its new chip architecture unveiled at the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, Calif.
[October 18, 2001, 12:40]
Can Palm pocket e-tailing?
News Ingenico will manufacture the point-of-sales terminals, while VeriFone will make sure that the payments are secure. Palm CEO, Carl Yankowski, unveiled eWallet at the Computer Electronics Show on Saturday, an upcoming feature that will allow Palm...
[January 8, 2001, 10:56]
CES: Name change and first product for Rearden Steel
News Moxi Digital will not manufacture the boxes, but will work with customers, such as cable and satellite companies, to incorporate its technology into a customers existing infrastructure. In future versions of Moxi Digital's software, the set-top...
[January 7, 2002, 15:27]
Mobile giants battle for next generation
News The UK's Sendo and Japan's Mitsubishi will manufacture Stinger, which will begin trials this spring and launch by the end of the year. Microsoft, which barely made a showing at last year's conference, appears this year with three different wireless...
[February 21, 2001, 11:16]
Methanol fuel cells 'smaller and more powerful'
News On Monday, MTI MicroFuel Cells unveiled prototypes of its Mobion power packs, which promise to last longer in portable devices than conventional batteries and to be easier to manufacture than rival fuel cells.
[June 22, 2004, 12:40]
Handspring's explanation adds to Visor confusion
News We will continue to manufacture and sell Visor products as long as there is sufficient demand and we are able to build them," he wrote. No mention is made of the Prism, Handspring's more expensive colour unit, which could be an indication that...
[January 21, 2002, 14:00]
Sony's new display prototype lets video shine
News The thin screens added so much cost that it was as cheap, if not cheaper, to manufacture full-fledged PCs. The company said the technology will lend itself well to handhelds and mobile phones at first.
[February 8, 2001, 8:15]
Sony makes gains with Memory Stick
News Fujitsu recently announced it will manufacture Memory Sticks, and Lexar-branded Memory Sticks are also on the way. Dragonball processors are found in about 75 percent of all handhelds. The consumer electronics giant initially introduced the Memory...
[June 15, 2001, 9:32]
Lynuxworks gets a shot in the ARM
News ARM does not manufacture its own chips, but licenses its designs to chip makers like Intel. ARM's chip designs are dominant in the mobile phone industry and are widely used in other embedded platforms, including Pocket PC handheld computers from...
[May 9, 2002, 16:15]
Philips and Sony produce Wi-Fi and Bluetooth rival
News The consumer-electronics giants have agreed to jointly create a radio frequency technology, called Near Field Communication (NFC), as well as jointly manufacture consumer devices that will use it. Devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras...
[September 6, 2002, 14:12]
