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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.
QCOM 155.82-1.3%Jan 23 9:30 AM EST
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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (3154)9/29/2001 10:40:27 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 12252
 
<Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York), which introduced the new technology at this week's Fuel Cell 2001 Asian Conference in Tokyo, also said that its product could boost a notebook computer's time between recharges to approximately 12 to 15 hours.>

I received in the mail today an advertisement for a Toshiba Tecra 9000 and Portege 4000 series notebook computers.

I have previously said that methanol could act as the cooling medium for notebook computers and cellphones as well as the fuel supply for fuel cells to provide electricity. Also to operate a little lamp or flashlight on the tip of the aerial. Or to be a cigarette lighter etc.

Anyway, the Tecra and Portege have a water-cooled ASIC. It works by operating under a high vacuum and using evaporative cooling to remove heat from the ASIC which is then deposited by condensation somewhere else on the casing surface [I suppose]. The liquid then would run back to the ASIC to repeat the process.

The same could be done with methanol which wouldn't require such a vacuum and which would be a good fuel. So, total weight would be less and battery life huge. Especially since methanol is easily carried in a container to fill 'er up. No more recharging delays.

I have recently bought 4 x Samsung CDMA phones and they have useless battery life. Only a day! The claim is 240 hours or some such on standby, but it's not that long.

Meanwhile, Telecom New Zealand is selling them and other CDMA phones like hot cakes.

Mqurice
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