How pCell works and why its a bigger deal than anyone realizes

Re:How pCell works and why its a bigger deal than anyone rea... by IanCal on Friday February 28, 2014 @07:46AM (#7318402)

Depends on the device. How about this:

An extremely thin tablet that's essentially a touch screen connected to your home computer, aimed for use in the home. Tiny battery, very little computational power & storage, hooked up to your own beefy computer.

Edit - intended for use just in the home. I'd want one, certainly.

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Re:How pCell works and why its a bigger deal than anyone rea... by m_mueller on Friday February 28, 2014 @10:31AM (#7319230)

Too bad screens are using a good chunk of your device's battery. Reducing the radio and computation to close to zero may reduce consumption to 30-50% but it's not an order of magnitude. The batteries are here to stay I'm afraid - until we get some radically different display technology, along the lines of a color, 30 hertz e-ink.

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Re:How pCell works and why its a bigger deal than anyone rea... by IanCal on Friday February 28, 2014 @12:19PM (#7320076)

This was more about having wireless power too (part of the parent comment). You don't need a 10 hour battery on something if you can power it wirelessly.

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Re:How pCell works and why its a bigger deal than anyone rea... by kayoone on Friday February 28, 2014 @10:56AM (#7319436)

if pCell also enables wireless power, youd just need small buffer battery.

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