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Fuel Sell Off
Nokia have put on ice their plan to put fuel cells into mobile phones, reasoning that the market is not yet mature enough. Or, as I’d like to interpret, “It was a daft idea. Who wants to carry around flammable liquids to top up their mobile devices?”
And there’s more: Last week, Apple launched the second generation of iPod minis, with a staggering 18 hours’ battery life. Some reports indicate that extends to 26 hours in some circumstances. Today PortalPlayer announced a new on-chip media player that decodes 160Kbps streams at less than 25mW, achieved through parallel architectures and lower clock rates, thereby tripling battery life.
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