January 20th 2009

Longer battery life, please

All electronics and computing gadgets are dependent on one thing — battery. And battery life — or rather its limitation — is a bane for many.

While computers are getting faster and mobile phones are sporting more fancy features, battery technology does not seem to be flowing with the time.

The typical battery life of a notebook was about two to three hours in the 1990s and it is still the same today. Even netbooks come with battery life of around three hours — unless of course, an extended battery is added — but that adds up to the weight and size.

Oh, what I would give to enjoy longer battery life without having to deal with bulky batteries.