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Computer Column.(Column)
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Computer Column (Craig Crossman)
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September 19, 2007
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Byline: Craig Crossman
Sep. 19--Consider the myriad of mobile electronic devices available to us today. There are PDAs, cell phones, mp3 players, digital cameras, portable electronic games, GPS navigation devices, satellite radio receivers, the list goes on and on. Plus there are multi-function products that combine many of these functions into one unit. But if there was a single weakness common to all of them, it would have to be that they all run on batteries. And batteries run out of power at the most inopportune moments.
When the power dies, we hope to have a set of backup batteries in a pocket or we've lugged along the usually clunky AC adapter and cable so we ...