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iOS and Android app helps you get more from your battery Summary: Carat has been developed by a team of scientists from the UC Berkeley electrical engineering and computer science department’s Algorithms, Machines, and People Laboratory (AMP Lab).Don’t you wish there was an app that you could download to your iOS or Android device that could actually help you get more from your built-in battery? Now there is.Called Carat, this is the first app that ca.. 더보기
Has iOS 5.1 squashed the iPhone battery bug? Summary: Right now, things look promising.Question from today’s mailbox:You’ve talked a lot about the battery bug that iOS 5 introduced (and that iOS 5.0.1 failed to fix) to the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S. Do you think that iOS 5.1 finally fixes this battery drain bug?Well, it’s early days really, given that I’ve only had iOS 5.1 on my iPhone for a few hours. However, given that I noticed the initial .. 더보기
Has iOS 5.1 squashed the iPhone battery bug? Summary: Right now, things look promising.Question from today’s mailbox:You’ve talked a lot about the battery bug that iOS 5 introduced (and that iOS 5.0.1 failed to fix) to the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S. Do you think that iOS 5.1 finally fixes this battery drain bug?Well, it’s early days really, given that I’ve only had iOS 5.1 on my iPhone for a few hours. However, given that I noticed the initial .. 더보기
Batterygate? Apple's iPad "Fibbing" battery charger Summary: An expert finds that when your new iPad tells you that it’s fully-charged, it’s not even close to being charged up. Are we looking at an Apple iPad “Batterygate?” The new iPad looks great, but it's battery recharging time is something else again. Dr. Raymond Soneira, president of DisplayMate, the world’s leading display and display tuning company, is best known for his graphics expertis.. 더보기
Android app ads account for up to 75 percent of battery drain Android app ads account for up to 75 percent of battery drainBy Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | March 20, 2012, 3:24am PDT Summary: But ads aren’t the only thing sucking on the battery teat. Apps that serve ads account for up to 75 percent of app-related battery drain on Android smartphones, according to research carried out by Purdue University and Microsoft [PDF]. Using a specially-developed energy p.. 더보기
Apple's new iPad display is better than most HDTVs Summary: Display expert Raymond Soneira has put the new iPad screen on the test bench and found that it’s not just the best tablet display, it’s “much better than most HDTVs, laptops, and monitors.” The new iPad display isn't just the best mobile display, it's one of the best displays on anything. Some people think that Apple’s new iPad Retina Display is a game-changer. Others say that, yes it i.. 더보기
iPhone/iOS 5 battery saver tips I’m hearing a lot of complaints about the iPhone 4S (and for that matter iOS 5) in general related to battery life. It seems that some people are finding that they’re not getting as much out of their battery as they used to. Want to uncover iOS 5 ’secrets’? Check out these posts! Part 1 | Part 2 It’s seems that excessive battery consumption is a common complaint for the initial releases of iOS u.. 더보기