Manufacturer + Power

IT: Part of the Problem, or Part of the Solution?

[...] We should find a way to standardise power supplies for mobile phones, he says. Take two phones, even from the same manufacturer, and you have to use different power supplies. Why should I have to buy a new power supply with my phone I have ten at home, but none work with the new one. [...] Despite this, he wants to make devices more efficient. We are working with manufacturers to make sure that power saving standby modes are standardised. And he's even more determined on power supplies. [...] And the power supply should turn itself off when the phone is charged.. [...]

Dell Uses More Renewable Energy

[...] The manufacturer has made progress on green power, but the green movement may hurt it in in future - as users hang onto kit for longer. [...] We're integrating green power into operations wherever and whenever possible. It's critical that our industry help lead the way to a green economy. Aggressive energy efficiency and renewable-power targets are essential to making this happen, said Dane Parker, director of environment, health and safety at Dell. [...] The company added that it now powers nine of its facilities in the US and Europe with 100 percent renewable energy including sites in the UK in Bracknell and Glasgow, as well as Frankfurt, Oslo, Stockholm and Texas. [...]

Samsung Launches Rugged Drive

[...] Samsung has added a new controller to reduce power consumption in seek mode by a rate that the manufacturer says is up to 25 percent better than those of conventional 2.5-inch hard drives. [...] Our customers have been requesting hard drives with higher density, lower power and greater reliability for the mobile applications, said C. H. Lee, vice president of storage sales and marketing for Samsung. [...]

Apple And Nokia Pushing For Legal Trials In 2012

[...] Additional allegations followed, and each manufacturer additionally filed claims with the International Trade Commission. In January, the ITC agreed to investigate Nokia's complaint against Apple, which entailed an infringement of seven patents in the areas of user interface, camera, antenna and power-management technologies. [...] Back-and-forth disputes between the manufacturers began in October, when Nokia filed a suit in a U.S. district court alleging that Apple's iPhone infringes on 10 patents a scenario that Reuters later reported could cost Apple up to $1 billion.In a press statement following the filing, Nokia accused Apple of trying to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation. [...]

UK Not Affected By Mass Nokia Charger Recall

UK Not Affected By Mass Nokia Charger Recall

[...] Nokia has announced a product recall for 14 million phone chargers, made by a Chinese manufacturer, which could cause an electric shock. Chargers built to fit UK power sockets are not affected. [...] Charger and battery recalls have been a feature of recent life in the tech industry, and have sometimes been damaging to the share price of the company involved, although in this instance Nokia has assured the industry that all the costs will be met by the manufacturer, BYD. [...] The recall does not affect any chargers built for the UK's distinctive power socket standard, although some UK users may have the chargers, if they bought their phones while abroad. Full details of the affected chargers are on a Nokia site, chargerexchange. [...]

PecoBOO Keeps Eye On Display Power Management

PecoBOO Keeps Eye On Display Power Management

[...] Research carried out by the manufacturer found many users turn off their PCs' in-built power management because it interferes with their daily use. Once disabled, the settings tend to stay that way forever as we forget to change them back, Hopton added. [...] He added that, although the actual PCs of computer systems usually consume more energy than their monitors, the firm wanted to focus on this key peripheral after having reduced the amount of power used by its own GreenPC low-energy desktop computers to as little as half the power of their displays. [...] Developed by Sheffield-based environmental computer manufacturer VeryPC, PecoBOO uses face detection technology to determine if someone is sitting at the computer and needs to use to the display. [...]

Rumours Of Google Music Service Emerge

[...] Northeast Securities analyst Ashok Kumar said Google's design partners told him Google is working with a smartphone manufacturer, possibly HTC, to have a Google-branded phone available this year through retailers. The gadget will be powered by Qualcomm baseband chips. [...]

Dell Powers New Laptops, Workstations With Latest Intel Chips

[...] The M4500 is the world's most powerful 15.6-inch mobile workstation, Mano Gialusis, a Dell senior product marketing manager, told eWEEK. We're able to make that claim due to a couple of key pieces [including that] we're the only manufacturer to have Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition and next-generation Nvidia FX 1800M graphics. [...] Also included are Dell Precision ON technology. Precision ON Reader offers a quick look at email or calendar apps, without powering up the operating system, while Precision ON Flash focusing more on security than quick convenience lets users, over Wi-Fi or mobile broadband, connect to the enterprise backend without connecting to the operating system (OS). [...] Dell has made two new product announcements today designed to appeal to small-to-midsized business (SMBs), with a new line of Vostro laptops, alongside high-performance computing (HPC) environments, with the M4500, a 15.6-inch mobile workstation that Dell said is the world's most powerful and the first to combine new Intel processors with Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M graphics. [...]

Reports Emerge Of Google Smartphone Running Google Voice

[...] Despite numerous protests that a phone created and sold by Google with the help of a third-party manufacturer would upset wireless carriers, Times Online reported on 22 November that Google in 2010 will launch an advanced smartphone with a larger-than-usual touch screen and a speedy Qualcomm processor that trumps the one powering the iPhone 3GS. [...] And if Google chose to sell the phone directly to customers and unlocked devices by letting users put the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards from their current handhelds into their Google phones, it could rob carriers of their power. Carriers neither want to be dumb pipes nor powerless. [...] Golvin said he believes Google may have gone to a handset manufacturer directly and had it make a device that has Google's brand on it, similar to what Apple does. [...]

US Consumer Tech Show To Feature Netbooks, Tablets, And 3D

[...] On 4 Jan, embedded semiconductor manufacturer Freescale Semiconductor announced that it would debut a 7-inch touch-screen tablet PC at CES, priced at less than $200 and powered by Freescale's i.MX515 processor incorporating ARM Cortex-A8 technology. The tablet features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity, 512MB memory, USB 2. [...] Second, manufacturers will be offering netbooks with larger screens and more powerful processors at a higher price point. One example is Lenovo's ThinkPad X100e, powered by AMD Athlon Neo single- or dual-core processors or else the Turion dual-core processor, and being offered with an 11. [...] But at least some of the focus will be on devices that offer higher margins. In summer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that ultrathins, which offer more powerful computing and higher cost along with a netbook's portability, would be something that Microsoft would push for along with its manufacturers. [...]

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