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Sony postponed two new digital products to challenge Apple iPhone and iPad

Sony is developing a new product line of handheld devices to counter Apple’s portable devices. The newspaper quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the products being developed include the ability to download and play PS games smartphone. Sony is working with partner Ericsson, the Swedish mobile phone development of this product.

Another Sony developed a portable device is a kind of confused the Internet book, e-book reader, PSP game of the difference between equipment. This multi-function device is said to be with Apple’s upcoming iPad compete.

Sony’s new smart phones and multifunction devices with Sony is expected to be launched in the United States this month, online media platform, used together. The media platform will be the same as Apple’s iTunes store offers movies, TV shows and music. These new products are said to be released this year.

Sony Ericsson will be released in April this year, its first smartphone Xperia X10. The phone uses Google’s Android operating system.

Apple has sold more than 4,000 million iPhone (mobile access) mobile phones. iPhone and iPad Touch is handheld game market and Sony’s PSP to compete. Apple’s iPad is expected to be in the e-book reader market and the Sony Reader and Amazon’s Kindle to compete.

We first caught sight of the Asus Eee Keyboard at CES, we were excited by the innovative new form factor. We knew it was a concept that was still months away, but we didn’t expect it to be the victim of repeated delays that put it on the verge of vaporware.

Fortunately for Asus, journalists have gone hands on with prototypes and prerelease versions. The real question is when these will finally hit consumers. According to Engadget, the Eee Keyboard has been delayed once again, now holding an April release window.

Word of the new April release date came from Asus chairman Jonney Shih during a post-press event Q&A session. While the chairman has previously promised dates that have come and gone, hopefully this one will be the one to finally stick.

IBM unions Alliance @ IBM said Tuesday, IBM laid off another 1,700 employees, most of which the United States government departments, staff, and this number may also continue to increase. Alliance @ IBM had disclosed yesterday, IBM has laid off nearly 500 employees, but since then the organization has received more separation documents.

Alliance @ IBM National Leader Lee Conrad (Lee Conrad), said, IBM job cuts this week’s upcoming activities and spread across multiple departments across the United States. He said: “We are moving from IBM, where employees received a report that said it is training a replacement overseas, he puts being laid off.” Conrad said last year, IBM has been cut in the United States and Canada of 10.4 million employees.

According to a source familiar with the matter said, IBM laid off this year’s expenditures are likely to remain in the past two years, within the same range. According to IBM with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) annual report show that last year IBM layoffs related activities with global spending 4.74 billion U.S. dollars in 2008 compared with 737 million U.S. dollars.

In the past four quarters, IBM’s sales have dropped by three quarters of all, this situation has prompted the company to part of the work carried out on overseas markets. The sources declined to be named, said most of the restructuring costs this year, IBM will come from Europe and Asia.

IBM spokesman Doug Shelton (Doug Shelton) said yesterday: “We are continuing to re-skilled and integrated corporate structure to meet the changing needs of customers.” He said today declined to comment further.

As of December 31 last year, until, IBM’s global workforce of 399,409 people, which means that the number of job cuts in its workforce, the proportion of less than 1%.

Canada’s Magna International (Magna Internaitonal) companies engaged in electric vehicle-related businesses, a subsidiary of the United States Magna E-Car Systems in the automotive battery International Conference on “AABC (Advanced Automotive Battery Conference) Europe 2010″ (Germany and the United States FSV Mainz City: February 2 ~ 5 held) posted for commercial vehicles and medium-sized passenger cars electric vehicle (EV) battery modules.

Battery capacity 60kWH, the output power of 400kW, the battery cell uses a current capacity of 20 ~ 70Ah square batteries. Graz, Austria, the company is located in the city development department engaged in Denso’s Hans Gunter Baliko product planning, said: “The vision module is used to displacement of about 2.0 ~ 3.0L of existing petrol vehicles and diesel vehicles replaced with EV or plug-in -in hybrids use VGP-BPS8. ”

The company in March 2009 the Geneva Motor Show posted on the capacity of 80kWh battery modules, battery modules used in the United States 123 Systems manufactured cylinder-type lithium-ion rechargeable battery. The modules used in cell manufacturers and other detailed information not yet available Latitude D410 battery,Latitude D420 battery. “There is not a self-production, but by the external procurement. Procurement is not a single manufacturer, from the performance and price considerations, would like to try a variety of possibilities” (Baliko).

Magna E-Car Systems Inc. is also involved in the U.S. Ford Motor Co. is experimenting with the “Focus EV”, now in the United States in the test vehicles equipped with Kokam South Korea manufactured lithium-ion rechargeable battery.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) at Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting held, said he thinks Apple’s best not to spend 25 billion U.S. dollars in cash balance.

Asked whether Apple will use the cash balances held to cover the dividend issue, Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) said the company’s cash holdings of the way through to keep the “great security and flexibility “, implying that its not support this idea. He said that if Apple A1008，A1012 decided to conduct M & A transactions, then a way can be used in cash rather than debt financing.

Other Apple executives also said that the company intends to in the Chinese market on an ambitious development plan, is expected to be in the next two years in China to open up 25 new retail stores. Apple’s first retail store in China in 2008 opened in Beijing.

At this meeting, Apple shareholders rejected two proposals, its content is to require Apple to take additional measures to the company to the environmental impact analysis. Apple has always opposed both proposals, and said investors have rejected these proposals, but did not disclose the vote. Jobs noted that Apple is taking a number of environment-related measures, such as the supply of commercially available non-toxic materials required to manufacture products, and reducing packaging to reduce waste and so on.

The past ten years, as people get new fuel technology to grow by leaps and bounds, lithium battery industry has shown more and more obvious to assume the new energy revolution, an important feature of mankind.

South China’s lithium by listening to the fourth high-level forum on Chinese and foreign experts to give lectures on the above had a profound understanding of the impression.

The U.S. government shot to support the development of Inspiron 8500 battery,Inspiron 8600 battery Industry

U.S. Lithium acting chairman, the U.S. chairman of Sharif Broad Buluodepu Dr. speech at the forum referred to the recent U.S. Government’s new economic stimulus program. According to his own observations, felt he came to the United States since 1981, after 20 years, the U.S. government is an unprecedented effort to increase financial support for the industrial sector. In the United States and the Government’s financial assistance program, there are two billion U.S. dollars for the battery industry; of which about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, mainly used in batteries and battery to do the development.

Dr. Sharif Broad said that in this whole industry unique among the funding operations, the battery industry, the focus has been placed among the “top priority.”

Lithium-ion batteries have obvious advantages

Lithium-ion battery as a lithium metal battery upgraded version, with very clear advantages. It has a high working voltage, small size, light weight, high energy, no memory effect, no pollution, little self-discharge, long cycle life characteristics are optimized for battery electric vehicles as one. Present in this area’s top technology “stack Inspiron 9200 battery,Inspiron 9300 battery structure” will soon be made of several thin layers of cells, and then overlapping, so that access can be achieved in very small volume of high efficiency. At present in this area in order to Nissan Motor Co. to go the forefront in the application.

In order to improve ease of use degree, the current number of electric cars, lithium can be charged using ordinary household voltage, but the downside is that it takes to charge up to several hours. For large-scale promotion of Li-ion battery car, you need to establish a corresponding rapid charging stations. In March of this year, Japanese researchers have developed a new type of “Lithium - air” battery, this battery without charge, simply replace the cathode water-based electrolyte, through the card box, etc. to replace the lithium metal anode can be used continuously. In other words, charging facilities to add an object like a “filling station” rather than a large bolt with a “battery charging station.”

Development of renewable energy sources Lithium-Ion battery is shouldering heavy tasks

“Fourth High-Level Forum held in South China Lithium-Ion battery suitable for the time!” This is the forum was attended by CAS academician YANG Yu-sheng told reporters sent from the past. Academician Yang considered the appropriateness of the time not only because of our electricity production of lithium in the world, second only to Japan, China is already the production of lithium battery power, but also coincides with our national attention to the development of renewable energy, the lithium battery which can play in this great role.

Academician Yang told reporters said that lithium can save a lot of petrol used in cars. It can be wind, solar and other clean energy stored up, and when needed to use them.

He said that over the past 15 years, lithium-ion battery batteries in promoting technology industry throughout the world have made great contributions. In the hybrid vehicle, external plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles electric cars four different principles which, he praised a pure electric car, “I think we should give priority to development, and he does not have oil, suited to China’s short of oil state of the nation “, in addition, its structure is relatively simple, non-asphalt, land and water use and maintenance, are very convenient, while saving material and energy.

According to Academician Yang introduction, the current lithium are from small to large, from a unipolar to the series and parallel, from the low-power to high power directional change, while the forum on the lithium Inspiron 9400 battery,Inspiron B120 battery, new materials, new technologies, new applications for the many discussions, Obviously it is very timely.

Buy Pocket PC PDA batteries, but also will pay attention to conditioning your batteries. PDA Pocket PC now tell us about the proper use of batteries for your reference:

1, the former 3-5 second charge commonly referred to as an adjustment period, more than 14 hours should be sufficient to ensure the full activation of the lithium-ion activity. Lithium-ion Inspiron 1720 battery,Inspiron 1721 battery without memory effect, but a strong inert, should be given adequate activated in order to guarantee that used to achieve the best performance.

2, the battery factory, manufacturers have carried out active treatment, and conduct a pre-charging, the batteries have more than electricity, a friend of mine said that the battery charge in accordance with the time period of adjustment, standby is still a serious shortage, if the battery is indeed the genuine battery, then this kind cases, an adjustment period should be extended to 3-5 times and then fully charge and discharge (Li-ion batteries have an adjustment period the proposed discharge is placed on PDA Pocket PC does not work until it automatically shut down, if the local network or the location is very power , then remove the SIM card, bare metal boot until shutdown).

3, if you use not compliance, it may be insufficient to fully activate the battery charge current (commonly known as electricity or charge can not be recharged into unsaturated), resulting in such a situation may be placed on unused for too long, or because the factory could not be full activation (activation) process because at this time is the best for all our friends to a PDA Pocket PC maintenance department to apply for the battery to make an activation treatment (or called by adding “counter current” for activation); understand the power of the friends yourself with a constant voltage DC device, adjusting the voltage 5-6V, current 500-600mA reverse battery connector. Note that the liberalization of touch, up to repeat three times, you can, and after such treatment, use the “original travel charger” to “adjustment” charge. In general, after such treatment, PDA Pocket PC batteries should not be any problem.

4, according to the type and capacity of different batteries, battery charging time is about 1.5-6 hours, not more than 24 hours.

5, battery life determined by the number of repeated charge and discharge, it should try to avoid battery power than when charging, it will shorten the battery life. PDA Pocket PC shut down more than 7 days, should be first PDA Pocket PC battery fully discharged, adequate electricity and then use.

6, nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries must be guaranteed before the battery completely dead, then charge must ensure that the battery fully charged.

In addition, from the environmental point of view, scrapped PDA Pocket PC batteries Inspiron 2600 battery,Inspiron 2650 battery should be recycled, are not free to litter. Abroad, PDA Pocket PC battery recycling must comply with the Government and the battery manufacturers to develop inter-recycling program. In China, PDA Pocket PC Battery lack of recovery system. 1 million each year from several PDA Pocket PC battery scrap, if not recovered in time, it will cause long-term harm the environment.

Battery life and notes
1. when the new battery should be a continuous charge 12 hours.
2. fully charge and discharge. Cycle three times to wake up a new laptop battery.
3. a long time when using the external power supply. Suggested removing the battery, so as not to affect the battery life.
4. periodic charge-discharge; like a long time [1 month or more] does not use a computer or found that the battery charge and discharge time shorter, should be made after charging the battery fully discharged, generally at least a month a full charge-discharge time.
5. is best to switch off the computer while charging, do not unplug the power in the charge half-way.
6. to avoid the impact of man-made, demolition, falls, heat or short-circuit

Lithium-ion battery-related knowledge:

1, lithium-ion battery
Lithium-ion batteries currently liquid lithium-ionInspiron 1100 battery(LIB) and polymer lithium-ion battery (PLB) categories. Among them, liquid lithium-ion battery is the Li + intercalation compound as the positive and negative secondary battery. LiCoO2 cathode using lithium compounds or LiMn2O4, negative use of lithium - carbon intercalation compounds. Lithium-ion batteries as a result of the high voltage, small size, light weight, high energy, no memory effect, no pollution, little self-discharge, long cycle life and is ideal for the 21st century energy.

2, lithium-ion battery development history
Lithium batteries and lithium-ion batteries in the 20th century developed a new high-energy batteries. This battery is a lithium metal anode, cathode with MnO2, SOCL2, (CFx) n and so on. 70 years into practical use. Because of its high energy, battery voltage high operating temperature range, long storage life, etc., has been widely used in military and civilian small appliances, such as mobile phones, portable computers, camcorders, cameras Inspiron 1150 battery and so on, in part to replace the traditional batteries.

3, lithium-ion battery development prospects
Lithium-ion batteries for its unique performance advantages in portable appliances such as laptop computers, cameras, mobile communications are universally applied. At present the development of large-capacity lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicle to start a trial, expected to become the 21st century, the power of electric vehicles, one of the main driving force, and a satellite, aerospace and energy storage aspects applied.

4, the battery’s basic performance
(1) the battery open circuit voltage

(2) The battery internal resistance

(3) The battery voltage

(4) The charging voltage

Charging voltage is the secondary battery charging, the external power added to the battery voltage at both Inspiron 1300 battery,Inspiron 1420 battery ends.
The basic method of charging Youheng current charging and constant voltage charging. Generally use the constant current charging, the characteristics of the process of charging the charge current constant. As the charging progresses, the active substance was restored, the electrode reaction area is shrinking, the electrical polarization gradually increased.

(5) Battery Capacity
Battery capacity refers to the amount of electricity from the battery to obtain, often C, said the unit, said common Ah or mAh. The electrical properties of the battery capacity is an important indicator. The battery capacity is usually divided into theoretical capacity, practical capacity and rated capacity.

The capacity of the battery capacity of the decision by the electrodes, if the electrode capacity varies depending on the capacity of the battery capacity that smaller electrodes, but by no means the sum of positive and negative capacities.

(6), the storage battery performance and life 
One of the main characteristics of chemical power sources is used to release electrical energy can be stored when not in power. The so-called secondary battery for storage performance is to maintain the ability to recharge your batteries.

For the secondary battery, battery performance measure of good or bad, when life is an important parameter. Following a secondary battery charge and discharge, is called a cycle (or have been in this cycle). At a certain charge and discharge system, the battery capacity reaches a certain specified value before the Inspiron 1501 battery,Inspiron 1520 battery can withstand the charge and discharge times known as the secondary battery life cycle. Lithium-ion batteries have excellent storage performance and long cycle life.

Apple announced that it would from May 2006 to December 2007 a very small part of the sale of MacBook notebook computers free of charge to replace the hard disk, but the company has not formally announced a product recall.

Apple said that if the MacBook notebook computer’s hard drive problems, and repairs have been carried out, Apple will compensate for maintenance costs.

The company also announced the launch of “extended maintenance plan,” part of the problem to extend the warranty period of MacBook notebook computers.

The notebook computer’s hard drive problem is very easy to find: computer can not run, if the user attempts to restart, the screen will appear with a blinking question mark folder icon.

Apple’s Web site said: “This plan will involve MacBook models available from three years from the date of purchase maintenance services. Apple will continue to assess the maintenance of data, and further extended to provide the necessary service.”

However, Apple made no mention of a user due to a computer hard drive failure resulting in data loss compensation.

Global product safety testing and certification leader UnderwritersLaboratoriesInc. (UL) 12 Yue 26 announced it will release its large-scale batteries for electric vehicles in a study of the latest Platform - ULSubject2580.

As people of the growing interest in electric cars, UL Outline of the introduction of this latest research will help to reduce the use of electric car people in the potential risk of fire and electricity, and to strengthen the overall security of electric vehicle batteries. Prior to the official as a standard, this outline will accept a global standard technical committee (STP) for a comprehensive review. STP by consumer representatives, government agencies, regulators, manufacturers and other relevant bodies with expertise, whose aim is to formulate and update the effective product safety standards.

As traditional energy prices and concerns on environmental issues, can be predicted that the use of electric vehicles in the coming years there will be a substantial increase. Worldwide there are several billions of dollars have been invested to manufacture and promotion of this technology, including the 2009 U.S. recovery and Reinvestment Act expressly nearly three billion U.S. dollars, but as a key component of a large-scale electric vehicle batteries in the U.S. market will be much to offer. Orville Consulting international consulting firm in the next decade, the annual Sheung hybrid electric vehicles and battery-powered electric vehicles will reach 1000000-5000000, but at the same time, accompanied by high growth rate from the a potential fire, electric shock and other safety issues.

“Many factors will determine the market, the use of electric vehicles, such as a large batteries cost, performance, sustainability and safety requirements.” UL, general manager of the Global Energy Business Unit, Mr. JeffSmidt said, “UL, we always put safety the first place. through a series of safety standards have been developed requirements and the latest release of the battery safety standard requirements, we can help manufacturers to provide the market with more secure electric car. ”

ULSubject2580 is not mandatory, manufacturers are free to choose whether or not to meet all the requirements of this framework in order to reduce security risks. At present, no such large-scale test vehicle battery battery UL standards.