September 13, 2007

Better Displays = Better Battery Life

unipixel designThose of you who passed on the frame rate trick we covered a little while back to extend your video-playing device’s battery life might find this next story more interesting. Unipixel, a startup company based in Woodlands, TX, has developed a new design for a handheld display that it claims is 60% more efficient than conventional displays - one that would almost double the battery life of a cell phone (such as Apple’s iPhone). Where Unipixel’s display differentiates itself from its competitors is not in the technology itself - the…

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