It’s not that they have better batteries, but rather the simple phones don’t use their juice as quickly.
Starting from the ground up, Palm has really made a solid and smart platform and one that doesn’t just match the capabilities of its competitors but offers something more in its multitasking and personal Toshiba PA3536U-1BRS Batteryinformation management capabilities. Palm might not have completely knocked it out of the park with the Palm Pre, but at least it’s back in the game, and we look forward to more WebOS devices the future.
This battery recall comes six months after HP and the safety commission announced one involving 135,000 battery units worldwide. HP, however, is hardly alone in facing HP Omnibook XE4000 Battery recalls–computer makers such as Dell and Apple Computer have announced similar problems.
Toshiba plans to begin commercializing the new batteries next year, with the first applications Acer TravelMate 660 Batteryfocusing on industrial uses and automobiles, where Toshiba expects them to be hit with the growing market for hybrid vehicles.
Plus, Nikon doesn’t seem to have put sufficient video processing smarts into the camera to properly render video or stills; when connected via the mini-HDMI output, it relies on the TV to do the downconversion to HD resolution for stills (never a good idea) andIBM ThinkPad X40 Battery Nikon’s true 24fps video doesn’t quite match that of most TV processors’ expected 23.976fps, which can result it occasional playback stutter. Still, this has been a long-awaited feature in the entry-level segment, since it’s one of the two important most features users have had to sacrifice when moving up to dSLRs (the other being pocketability).
The Palm Pre is available starting June 6, for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract on Sprint’s Everything Data plan or Business Essentials Fujitsu FPCBP160 batterywith Messaging and Data plan. In addition to Sprint stores, the Pre will be sold at Best Buy, RadioShack, and some Wal-Mart Stores.