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Jan 21
Personal No Comments
Twitter, windows phone 7, wp7, zune
This was posted to Twitter after my comment in the last All About Windows Phone Insight podcast
@davidgilson‘s comment on drag-and-drop vs Zune is epic “The whole idea of a desktop suite being less geeky than drag n drop is utter tosh!”
— Alvin Wong (@alv1nW) January 21, 2012
Nov 9
Editorial No Comments
batteries, capacitors, charging, super capacitors, tesla, wireless
We’ve all watched with trepidation as increasingly wider smartphone displays require more and more battery power to sustain themselves; even with 2000 mAh batteries you’d be lucky to get more than a day’s full use out of a top-of-the-line smartphone these days.
Surely this can’t go on forever — even with power saving technologies, eventually our processing power on these mobile devices will be bound by the electrical charge that they depend on. Without significant advances in battery and charging technologies, we’ll hit an uncomfortable dead end. So what’s next for charging and energy storage?
Nov 4
How-To Guides No Comments
battery, power, smartphone
Smartphones are great pieces of technology, but with so much whizzing and banging going on they often barely last the day. You could just use it less, or turn off all of its features, but surely there are better ways of improving battery performance?
To an extent, this is indeed true – there are a variety of ways in which you can improve battery performance, and the best of these won’t change how you use your smartphone. Read on to discover five ways you can improve your phone’s battery life!
Oct 24
Reviews No Comments
memory card, samsung, sdhc
Samsung's Essential Micro SDHC cards
Today, I am reviewing a Samsung memory card, sent to me by Memory Card Zoo.
Samsung claim its line of Essential Micro SDHC cards are resilient against water and dust. Not only that, but it also says they are safe from shocks, magnetic fields and X-Rays! Memory Card Zoo sent the 8GB model for me to review, which would set you back a mere £10.79 with free delivery.
Well, I don’t have electromagnets or X-Ray machines to hand, but I do have an abundant supply of water. So I gave this memory card a bath in warm water, and found that it kept on working!
Oct 11
Editorial No Comments
batteries, li ion, Li-Poly, silicon, smartphones
In this article, we’ll look at smartphone battery technologies, how to extend your battery life, and what phone accessories exist to further this goal.
Let’s start with a brief history lesson. The two main battery technologies used in smartphones today are Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer. Lithium Ion batteries were originally proposed in the 1970s, and were released commercially in the 1990s. They proved popular in powering the mobile devices that became widely popular in the 1990s, such as laptops, video cameras and mobile phones. This was due to their light, space-efficient and flexible construction and lack of memory effect.
David Gilson 2012
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