Less Energy and More Functionality with Wi-Fi

Because of the never ending quest to come up with the truly mobile device, people have successfully managed to severe the limiting phone cord as well as the Ethernet cable. What then, should we make of the power cord? Of course, that still poses a bit of a problem for most people.

As innovative as we have become, we are still working out the loose ends on the project of making improved batteries and some alternative sources of power like methanol fuel cells and also motion-powered mobile phones. People have begun investing in expensive outlets of power without even looking at the efficiency issues of the deal. This is similar to buying an entire wardrobe of expensive suits right before one goes on a diet.

Some Power-Sucking Culprits

Some of these you might already be familiar with. The earlier part of this year brings some reasons why most mobile devices run out of power pretty quickly. Some of them include the gorgeous but power-consuming displays, the cold weather as well as needy chips or applications which keep the processor working even when the actual device itself is not in use. Another big culprit would be Wi-Fi – something which most chip makers have acknowledged as the source of battery drains and are now coming out with models that have low power consumption options.
Of course, this will not let you keep your fancy schmancy iPhone running for a much longer time – but this could certainly play a bigger role in upping the economy and the efficiency of the market. This could also very well encourage the production of better, power efficient devices.

Recommendations You Might Have Already Heard...And Then Some

Most websites will tell you that if you want to extend the life of your mobile gadget, you should disable the Wi-Fi when you are not using it. This is well and good for some consumers, but there are those who feel that Wi-Fi must be actively enabled all the time.

What you could actually do is to reduce the power consumption of Wi-Fi when it is inactive. This is easily done by using a low powered Wi-Fi chip which was introduced last year. Mos LG and HP mobile devices have begun incorporating this chip and have seen some significant improvement to the life of their mobile devices during the pretesting and launch stages.