Jack Schofield 

Handheld computers and mobile phones

Handheld computers and mobile phones with colour screens still have battery problems, and this Reuters story suggests Toshiba is looking to fuel cells for a possible solution. Actually, just designing systems to take standard plug in rechargeable battery packs would solve most problems. Perhaps there's a union for handheld battery designers that requires a different and incompatible pack for every device -- along with a different charger, a different cradle, and a different expansion connector for any plug-in keyboard or other accessory. Or perhaps buyers are just mugs to put up with this kind of inconvenient, wallet-emptying stupidity....
  
  


Handheld computers and mobile phones with colour screens still have battery problems, and this Reuters story suggests Toshiba is looking to fuel cells for a possible solution. Actually, just designing systems to take standard plug in rechargeable battery packs would solve most problems. Perhaps there's a union for handheld battery designers that requires a different and incompatible pack for every device -- along with a different charger, a different cradle, and a different expansion connector for any plug-in keyboard or other accessory. Or perhaps buyers are just mugs to put up with this kind of inconvenient, wallet-emptying stupidity....

 

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