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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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Hey gucci man thats a gr8 idea...
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'' So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God who makes things grow, is important'' (1 Corinthians 3:7)
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Finally a massive breakthrough in Lithium-Ion battery technology.
Check this out, care of gsmarena:
'New Li-Ion batteries get 10x boost
As Stanford researchers, report a heavy boost to current Lithium-Ion technology is just behind the corner. We are to expect up to 10 times more performance out of the same-volume batteries. As the new invention is getting a patent application filed, the assistant professor of materials science and engineering Yi Cui who led the research, is negotiating a deal with battery manufacturers.
It's been a long time since we've seen anything happening on the battery side. This discovery however is nothing less than revolutionary and will either allow mobile phones to last months with a single charge or their batteries will get really minute.
The secret behind this great invention is called silicon nano-wires. Now although it sounds like something coming from the Sci-Fi channel, in fact it's dead simple - it's just a new way of doing things. And in this case - it's a new way of storing the lithium in the battery.
Traditionally, the electrical storage capacity of a Li-ion battery is limited by how much lithium can be held in the battery's carbon anode. Silicon has a much higher lithium-storing capacity than carbon, but also has a drawback - charging cycles pulverize it and thus degrade its performance.
Cui's battery gets around this problem with nanotechnology. The lithium is stored in a forest of tiny silicon nanowires, each with a diameter one-thousandth the thickness of a sheet of paper. The nanowires inflate four times their normal size as they soak up lithium. But, unlike other silicon shapes, they do not fracture with time.
We are more than eager to see what the handheld-powered future has in store for us and this new Li-Ion technology.'
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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@ Ama yeah, its great news... Imagine future phones ey, cant wait
Yad. Hey. Vav. Hey.
'' So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God who makes things grow, is important'' (1 Corinthians 3:7)
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Ya, just hope the battery manufacturers harness the new technology in the not too distant future, and not prolong it unnecessarily ie. to perhaps first get rid of the huge amount of current Lithium-Ion battery stockpiles...
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Imagine your phone lasting a month on one full charge!! That would be great!!
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Yeah, but we'll still have that reduced significantly with all the applications running...  Still, it's a huge step forward, it seems. Gotta love technological advances...
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Sorry for the crappy P900 pics below (taken today); left the P1i on charge at home while we did the last of the Christmas shopping.
Meet the Orange (own-branded) 'Tokyo'. What a dof name for a phone, but anyway... Check the size of it: 92mm x 35mm x 14.5mm! It is TINY! (and with that tiny width and length, so is the colour screen. There's a little 1.3mp cam in there and Bluetooth too, somewhere. Also took a pic of it next to a W880i, which is ijn itself quite small... :
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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...and CPW now have the Levi's phone in stock too.
Slim, but very wide. Taken next to the K850i so that you can get some idea:
Can't say that it floats my boat that much...
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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A one-month charge would probably be applicable to Joe Soap who only utilizes 1/10th of his phone's capacity. I'd gladly settle for 14 days of charge, given the heavy usage to which i subject my phone. Most of the big manufacturers are likely to hold back on the new tech. until they can offload their current stocks, but i'm pretty certain that the smaller niche manufacturers won't have any qualms about promoting such tech. from the outset, since it could mean increased market share for them.
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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@ Wanqa
true, i'd be more than satisfied if a phone lasted a full week with 1 full charge with heavy use lol, asking for too much? 
Great pics even from the VGA camera of the P900  that Orange Tokyo looks interesting although i can't stand small phones. WOW the Levi phone is ugly lol, looks like every company wants a stake in the mobile phone industry, PRADA, HUMMER, ARMANI, AUDI, APPLE, GOOGLE (and im sure YAHOO! is up to something as well), etc. . . . Whats next? Lol!
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Have any of you guys tried out the www.ownskin.com site yet for themes? Apparently you can create your own themes following a few easy steps, etc. I downloaded a few themes ( mainly to strip them of their icons  ) and was impressed by the creativity of many of those users.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Thanks for that link, Kryptik. Ya, I'd love to make my own themes, so I'd like to give it a try at some stage.
@ Gucci,
Yeah it makes you wonder who's next indeed to bring out a phone. Maybe the chrome/bling version of the Levi's phone will look more appealing than the dull black option that I saw today. Either way, it still looks way too wide and uninspiring IMHO.
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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P1i pics this time, taken earlier this evening.
The local big superstore across the road, Tesco, is even selling Castle Lager now.
Check the price out for a 6-pack of 330ml bottles of this imported beer :
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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Hey Wangs,Why do you always mention that green tint in P1i pics? Those pics are of awesome quality even if they are only of beer bottles. Don't you agree?
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Hobbster,
Sorry that I keep harping on about it; sigh I guess there's just no pleasing some people, LOL.
Yeah, the pics came out quite well, and that's on auto as well, no fiddling with settings...well I'd look like a bit of a nutter if I'm standing for ages in a shopping aisle while taking a pic or two of the same beer bottle stacks, LOL.
The green tint does still maifest under certain conditions. There's definitely no all-out winner between the P1i's cam and the N73. I still believe that the N73 is less prone to blurring, but the P1i doesn't generate those hideous blue specs scattered around the picture in very low lit conditions like the N73 does; you may just get a slight green hue to the right...now where's the cropping function, LOL.
Another thing I like about the cam is the ability to adjust the amount of light using the scrollwheel, thus not needing to go back into the menu options like one has to with the Nokia.
I'd still happily recommend the N73 to anyone after a budget S60 smartphone though; they're so affordable nowadays and deliver so much for the money.
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