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- Sanduu, on 11/19/2008, -1/+13Excellent move, especially after I've read an article that was saying chargers were consuming a lot of energy while idle.
- linagee, on 11/21/2008, -1/+1Watch a 400W TV for one minute longer than you would have. You've already used a dozen times more electricity than the most inefficient charger on this chart. This movement is a complete waste of time. I propose TV networks put a signal in their programming that let us know when there are commercials. We would save 100x+ as much power by turning off our TV in between commercials.
- sq2shooter, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1You actually read an article? Amazing since it is quite clear you Digg articles without ever reading them, unless you are reading 10 articles a minute.
- donramses, on 11/19/2008, -3/+22what a gay chart
- Relaxxation, on 11/19/2008, -1/+11Should go well with your gay pants and gay shirt and gay car and your gay lifestyle. You're one happy mofo!
- Ricochetbiscuit, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4That was hilarious! I like this lady.
- Relaxxation, on 11/19/2008, -1/+11Should go well with your gay pants and gay shirt and gay car and your gay lifestyle. You're one happy mofo!
- xbanned, on 11/19/2008, -0/+10At last they start to standardize, This will help us all be better consumers on both aspects money and environment.
- crypticquill, on 11/19/2008, -0/+8Cool move.
- duewydo, on 11/20/2008, -0/+10This is a no load chart. So this is what the charger draws when plugged in but not connected to a phone. There has to be a way to solve this problem, zombie appliances sucking from the grid even when powered off. (aside from having to unplug them)
- PhoenixAvatar2, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3It's easy to fix it, the charger manufacturers just need to do it and they probably won't unless it becomes a marketing issue. How the markets work.
- DeFex, on 11/20/2008, -0/+7National semiconductor has a new free circuit design (using their chip of course) for power supplies that turns them off unless something is plugged in and turned on/charging
- wolfeater2, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3....I cant seem to find a charger that is above 0 stars.
- InfiniteNothing, on 11/21/2008, -1/+6BFD. 0.5 W is like, what, 4 kWH a year if it's plugged in 24/7.
Or you could, I don't know, unplug your charger when it's not in use. - Paulish, on 11/21/2008, -2/+1But but but... The government has to pass law and regulations and create bureaucracies enforce the laws and regulations before those evil corporations are supposed to go green.
- benitojuarez, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2now if they could only make phones that honestly report battery life. No motorola, i dont beleive my battery is at 3 bars after 5 minutes of charging and i dont think its at 3 bars after 3 hours of talking. Knock off your ***** gimmicks.
- swiftheart, on 11/21/2008, -1/+0It's my understanding that that isn't the handset makers fault--it's the phone companies who change the firmware so that the battery meter is wonky. Apparently people talk more if they think they have more battery than they really do. (I'd bet most phone batteries are going dead at night, which is fine by the phone companies, since night minutes are free.)
So no, it's not Motorola. Every phone is made so that 3 bars represents 70% of battery capacity.- benitojuarez, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1any time ive updated my q's firmware the file has been downloaded from motorola.com and trust me, if the phone is saying low battery alert plug in immediately and you charge it fir 5 minutes the battery shows 3 bars. after the screen times out if you turn it back on its back down to 1 bar.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/techno ...
- benitojuarez, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1any time ive updated my q's firmware the file has been downloaded from motorola.com and trust me, if the phone is saying low battery alert plug in immediately and you charge it fir 5 minutes the battery shows 3 bars. after the screen times out if you turn it back on its back down to 1 bar.
- swiftheart, on 11/21/2008, -1/+0Maybe I should say that differently. The phone companies demand that the handset makers make the battery meters wonky, and you'd have to create your own firmware to make it work any other way.
- benitojuarez, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1theyre still responsible by caving to these demands.
- swiftheart, on 11/21/2008, -1/+0It's my understanding that that isn't the handset makers fault--it's the phone companies who change the firmware so that the battery meter is wonky. Apparently people talk more if they think they have more battery than they really do. (I'd bet most phone batteries are going dead at night, which is fine by the phone companies, since night minutes are free.)
- Anand999, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1While they're standardizing stuff, how about standardizing the chargers themselves? Does every phone manufacturer really need their own "just different enough to be incompatible with everyone else" charging port? Maybe $30 OEM chargers are too big of a cash cow for them.
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