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This page provides a local copy of the annotation of the main discussion group page. This copy was taken on 23 November 2004. The copy was made in case the main page is deleted of the content is overwritten.

Interesting - power came up in the mobile discussion group as well as the SMS/IM group - is power the unsung issue of this new era of computing?


Isn't it curious that the laptop battery is about the only device that does not seem to follow a variant of Moore's observation?


I tried to capture some discussion and notes at http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas


I think industry reaslises that batteries are the issue in portable and handheld communication. I believe there's a great deal of research going on now into renewable fuel-cell technology to replace batteries. Paul and Adam's JISC report on mobile devices has more to say on this (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=techwatch_ic_reports2004_published)

JeremySpeller