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Cambridge research may lead to longer smartphone battery life

article published on 23 January, 2012

With all the emphasis on processing and network speed, perhaps the biggest challenge in smartphone design today is energy efficiency. Multitasking operating systems running on Multi-core processors, combined with 4G data connections, can severely limit the usefulness of a phone if you don't have access to a computer, wall outlet, or car battery to charge it in the middle of the day. ... [ read the full article ]

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I wonder why NOBODY had explored the transflective LCDs used by iPaq PDAs some 10 years ago. This is what killed almost all their Windows CE competitors, overnight. These LCDs drastically improved screen content visibility even in sunlight, without the need for backlight.

The current crop of all mobile phones, bar none, are almost impossible to read in sun light.
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