The past two years, lack of electricity, shortage of economic development such as the shadow quest laptop battery, making the industry outside of the debate on the causes of power shortage here. For reserve power capacity, Hunan “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” will make a “full” power capacity to prepare.

Specific projects are as follows: water and electricity to speed up power plant Zhexi two Dongjiang 250,000 kilowatts and 250,000 kilowatts of two power station expansion project of the building, the development of the province’s small and medium-sized hydropower resources, by 2010 new installed capacity of not less than two million kW. Thermal power is almost “full capacity” to develop, pay close attention to building Jinzhushan, Xiangtan, Yueyang Huaneng Shihmen two power plants and other projects, four projects total 3.6 million kilowatts capacity; At the same time, to speed up the Yiyang Power Plant Phase II, Huadian Changsha, the hp battery: 367759-001 battery, hstnn-ib 09 battery, hp pavilion dv1000 batteryconstruction of power plants for a number of countries to support the planning and construction of thermal power plants.

Particularly impressive is that new power has entered a substantive stage of development. Changsha, and moose-feng, Yu, Pingjiang peaking pumped-storage power station has entered the pre-construction stage, will also start the octahedral Xiangxi Hill, Shaoyang nanshan wind farm projects. Follow-up of nuclear power also has become the direction of the new power development, the site has been initially identified Huarong and Taoyuan in the two places, it is necessary to carry out protection.

Early in October this year, Hunan Development and Reform Commission, in accordance with the unified arrangement of the provincial government, organization and structure of the province’s power industry, “Eleventh Five-Year” Plan and Vision 2020 (Program).

Planning from the “Tenth Five-Year Plan” the implementation of the first three years of analysis of power to start the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” Outline for the Development. With the party’s National Congress to build a well-off society, three of our province to speed up the process of sustained and stable growth of the national economy, changes in the economic situation brought about a new round of consumption growth. Hunan electricity the entire society, “15,” an average annual increase of 10.5% in the first three this year, is expected to reach 60.5 billion kwh, an increase of 10.4%. A “Five,” a blueprint for power development, it is refreshing: the active organization of water and electricity, to optimize the development of thermal power, and promote nuclear power construction, appropriate development of natural gas for power generation, and actively develop new energy sources such as wind power. Planning, the guiding ideology of structural adjustment aimed to maintain the pace of power development, and promote further development of the electric power industry from quantity to quality and effectiveness of the speed of transition, from the main supply-oriented, passive power supply to fill the gap, the main shift to demand-oriented to achieve sustainable development.

“Ahead of” embodied in three aspects: First, pay close attention to the construction of a number of key power plants, “Eleventh Five-Year” needs to add 8.4 million kilowatts of electricity installed capacity, for a new round of economic development to lay a solid foundation; Second, focus efforts on restructuring power structure, power point to enhance the construction of thermal power to resolve the contradictions; Third, it is necessary to optimize the power supply layout, in accordance with the coal source of reliable water and electricity near load centers the standard construction of high-parameter, high-capacity, high-efficiency projects generating units. In short, through the power of structural adjustment, and coordinate with the grid power, hydropower and thermal power, large units and small units hp pavilion dv4000 battery, hp pavilion ze2000 battery, hp presario m2000 battery, the center region and the surrounding areas, the main network and distribution network, large grid and small grid relationship between the achievement of the Hunan Electric Power sustainable development.

This represents the planning and construction, Hunan Electric Power will play a “storage pool” of performance, boost economic development in Hunan Province to a new level and achieve a new leap forward.

Fuzhou Fujian battery industry specific pollution remediation

Fuzhou environmental protection departments at all levels in accordance with the State Environmental Protection Administration and the Fujian Provincial Environmental Protection Agency requirements, organization of environmental protection to carry out special work to bring the battery industry. According to diagnostic investigation, environmental protection departments at all levels of the Fuzhou area nine existing battery production enterprises and sewage treatment of waste lead-acid business of the inspection, three of which are not the implementation of environmental impact assessment or environmental “three at the same time” the illegal sewage enterprises severely dealt with, and battery industries and enterprises focused on industrial pollution sources into the long-term monitoring areas, and effectively protect the environment and people’s health.

Fuel cells should be the development of new energy in the success of

A few days ago, by the four home appliances and accessory factories in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop the national “863″ the new fuel cell energy projects successful “out” next year will be in volume production in May.

It is reported that the fuel cell using hydrogen and oxygen in the air a chemical reaction and generate electricity and hydrogen with a drive more than three hundred kilometers. Compared to conventional fuel energy, it has a high rate of energy conversion, less environmental pollution, etc., which is considered the first choice of 21 clean, efficient, clean energy. This will not only fuel cell electric vehicles in use, but also for submarines and other military equipment, have good market prospects.

The United States will prohibit the use of aircraft cargo transport non-rechargeable lithium batteries

United States Department of Transportation said in a statement on the 13th, the United States will prohibit the use of aircraft cargo transport non-rechargeable lithium hp presario v2000 battery, compaq presario v5000 battery, compaq presario v4000 battery, but can carry passengers with such a battery of personal computers and other consumer electronic products board.

With independent intellectual property rights of a new type of polymer lithium-ion battery R & D success of a few days ago and will soon be put into the production process of industrialization. According to Science and Technology Daily reported that this unique battery technology is from 4 years ago returning from overseas, led by its researchers Following the liquid plastic film lithium-ion power batteries made after the outcome of an important. At present, the polymer lithium-ion battery production lines are under construction.

It is understood that the liquid lithium-ion battery is the most high-tech research in recent years one of the important results, representing the current development of the chemical power of the most advanced level. As a result of such batteries with high specific energy and recycling, the good life, such as a significant advantage, now widely used in mobile communications, cameras, laptops and other electronic devices, and is gradually moving towards electric bicycles, electric vehicles and other areas to expand the scope of application. It is estimated that the global lithium-ion dell battery demand has reached 1.3 billion, and with the applications and the ever-expanding year by year.

In liquid lithium-ion battery at the same time the successful commercialization of polymer lithium-ion battery (PLIB) research has been particular concern to them. As a new generation of lithium-ion battery system, PLIB not only with liquid lithium-ion battery all the technical advantages, but also has a higher specific energy and better safety performance. In addition, PLIB is recognized as the most development potential and future application of the battery market products. It is predicted that in the next few years, PLIB will replace the liquid lithium-ion batteries for nearly 50% market share, there are broad prospects for the development of Japan and many other major battery makers focus on R & D investment and the direction of.

The past, both at home and abroad polymer lithium-ion battery manufacturers use the United States Bell Laboratories Bellcore process. However, due to the cumbersome process of the method, low efficiency, investment in equipment and the shortcomings of higher cost of production, serious constraints of polymer lithium-ion battery development and industrialization. Domestic and foreign markets in recent years in the so-called polymer lithium-ion battery products, but in fact is a flexible liquid batteries, there are still a large number of internal dynamic electrolyte flow, do not have the characteristics of polymer electrolyte, in the security risk there. With lithium-ion battery in the communications and IT industry’s rapid surge in usage, the battery safety performance is increasingly prominent, not only the requirements of lithium-ion battery has excellent electrical properties, also called for greater security.

CITIC Beijing UNITA solid profits and new material technology, Beijing Institute of New Energy Materials and Technology Laboratory, through years of research, in a large number of laboratory work on the basis of a number of key materials through an integrated technology, the first synthesis of a unique structure microporous polymer composite membrane, and then use a unique production process of polymer batteries developed a polymer lithium-ion battery. The battery has a very excellent low-temperature discharge performance and cycle performance (over 500). With the same battery capacity compared to liquid packaging, such polymer lithium-ion rechargeable battery and acupuncture in the past, such as safety testing, in particular, a unique performance advantages. Importantly, by researchers and development of new polymer lithium-ion battery production technology, also has a small investment in equipment and production technology is simple and so on. The results with independent intellectual property rights, there is no doubt China will enhance battery manufacturing sector in the international competitiveness and promote domestic polymer lithium-ion kd476 battery, td347 battery, dell inspiron 1501 battery industry and greatly expand the lithium-ion battery applications.

U.S. R & D of micro-generators to replace the phone battery

Recently, the USA and Georgia Institute of Technology announced that with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working closely with scientists, they have successfully developed a micro-generators, only 10 mm in diameter, is the continuing use of mobile phone battery is more than 10 times.

Over the years, more and more compact electronic products, and its battery has a larger volume of plays. In order to solve this problem, the scientists have been dedicated to the development of micro-generators, and put forward a number of different principles of micro-generators. And the Georgia Institute of Technology scientists have developed such a generator to replace the phone battery, indicating that micro-generators to enter the electronic products to replace conventional batteries and an important step.

The principle of the micro-generator is installed in a chip on the induction coil, so that a small rotating magnet around the coil, resulting in sufficient current. Through continuous testing, the rotating speed of the magnet is now up to 100,000 per minute lap, the speed can generate 1.1 kilowatts of electricity, enough to replace the phone battery.

Fuel cells should be the development of new energy in the success of

A few days ago, by the four home appliances and accessory factories in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop the national “863″ the new fuel cell energy projects successful “out” next year will be in volume production in May.

It is reported that the fuel cell using hydrogen and oxygen in the air a chemical reaction and generate electricity and hydrogen with a drive more than three hundred kilometers. Compared to conventional fuel energy, it has a high rate of energy conversion, less environmental pollution, etc., which is considered the first choice of 21 clean, efficient, clean energy. This will not only fuel cell electric vehicles in use, but also for submarines and other military equipment, have good market prospects.

Power grid investment imbalances appear contradictory

China’s electricity supply situation in 2005 as follows: lack of electricity is reduced, the degree of ease power shortage, the largest gap from 12 to 20 million kilowatts, seasonal power shortages, electricity supply shortages apparent randomness; power grids and power imbalance between investment contradictions begin to be felt.

Ouyang Changyu said, according to a preliminary statistical analysis of production units in 2005 more than 68.4 million kilowatts, of which 23.8 million kilowatts during the first half of production more than the end of power generation capacity of more than 510 million kilowatts. Electricity shortage in recent years against a background of a lot of money into the field of power construction, signs of a new round of power surplus, the imbalance between investment in the power grid began to gradually expose the contradictions. If the project can not be put into production on schedule or electricity supply problems are not solved, is even more serious power shortage.

Ouyang Changyu, said in 2005 should attach great importance to investment in power grids and power imbalances, do everything possible to increase power grid investment. Study suggested that the state departments concerned to speed up the market mechanism to play a fundamental role in the macro-control mechanism for project construction as soon as possible the establishment of a unified power grid and power planning, coordination mechanism for development.

Mobile phone charger base in the world’s largest deep-down dell inspiron 6400 battery, dell inspiron e1505 battery, dell latitude 131l battery

The world’s largest manufacturing base for mobile phone charger will be unveiled in Shenzhen! Reporter yesterday from the Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. inaugurated the new plant was informed that the global mobile phone charger industry’s second largest manufacturer Group has major manufacturing operations to Shenzhen, the new plant will allow the completion of the company’s mobile phone charger 1 times higher than production capacity, annual output of mobile phone charger up to 200 million, which became the world’s largest manufacturing base for mobile phone charger.

In 2004, Japan in the development of energy technologies continue to make new breakthroughs, mainly in the effective use of renewable energy and energy efficiency aspects of laptop battery. These breakthroughs to accelerate towards the Japanese people and the natural cycle of the coordinated development of the pace of society.

Innovative energy technologies in Japan focus on the daily lives of people, the most striking outcome of that competition in the domestic fuel cell. Panasonic and other companies have this year launched its own home fuel cell research and development. These products are generally about 1000 watts power generation, fuel gas extracted from the hydrogen, will not produce air pollutants. Technology has matured as a result of the Tokyo Gas Company has decided to play in February 2005 to lease 200 to providing services to families, this is the first fuel cell family in Japan. Tokyo Gas Company about hp battery, intends to use the popularity of home for three years to collect data of fuel cell.

In wind energy use, such as Toray developed the world’s most lightweight wind turbine “wind dolphin” The recent advent of. Its power to 1000 watts power, weighs just 15 kilograms, the price of about ¥ 300,000. The company plans to produce 1,200 to Taiwan in 2005 this wind turbine. It is estimated that by 2010, Japan’s family-oriented small-scale wind turbine market is about 100 billion yen. Micro-hydropower system in Japan is now the direction of development of hydropower. Japan has begun to attempt to use micro-irrigation drainage of the generation gap.

Japan’s solar power technology has improved. Sanyo to increase power generation in power at the same time, efforts to reduce the size of solar panels in order to save raw materials and lower costs. Hitachi developed a two-faced to accept the sun’s solar cells, both for walls use sunlight in accordance with the different angles at different times with different surface energy. A titanium dioxide solar cell materials have recently come out in Japan, the price of silicon solar panels to one-fifth of the half, caused widespread interest.

In the development and utilization of renewable energy technologies at the same time, the Japanese energy-saving technology is also a lot of progress. Panasonic introduced fluorine-free refrigerators this year to take advantage of new insulation materials, energy-saving 87%.

Sony to launch 5 large-capacity lithium-ion 417066-001 battery, hstnn-lb31 battery, 411462-421 battery

Sony recently announced that from December 2004 and the beginning of January 2005, followed by the provision of energy density among the industry’s first lithium-ion rechargeable battery and replacement of the cathode material for high-power lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

The publication of the lithium-ion rechargeable battery There are five kinds, namely:
(1) for notebook computers, 2550mAh battery capacity up to the “G8″ series;
(2)-type polymer, 830mAh battery capacity to the “A8″ series;
(3) polymer-based, targeted at mobile phone parts and components to reduce the size of the volume and improve the efficiency of the “S Pack”;
(4) power tools and other equipment as the driving force, the replacement of a cathode material for high-power-type “V” series;
(5) Similarly the replacement of the cathode material for high-power-type “VT” Series;
“G8″ campaign by increasing the battery unit to fill the active substance than the original products of the company increased capacity by 6%. “A8″ series in addition to packaging materials, laminated films become thinner, the internal unit by reducing the extra space, so battery capacity than the original products increased 9%. High-power lithium-ion rechargeable battery-type “V” series and “VT” Series will be replaced LiCoO2 cathode material from the Ni (nickel) and Mn (manganese) mixed with a mixed Ni-Mn-type electrode. Electrode and use of Co as compared to a high temperature to improve the safety, the current can be larger. And Ni-Cd rechargeable batteries in comparison, V series and the VT series of volume and weight are reduced by more than half, and compared to nickel-metal hydride rechargeable batteries can also be reduced by about half.

Sony launched a new lithium-ion battery energy density of the highest

Sony 9 December, 2004 announced the launch of the latest series of lithium-ion battery, and it has the industry’s highest level of energy density to meet the needs of mobile products for high-capacity battery back-up, strong current demand. The series of products from the beginning of December 2004 Availability

As a result of laptop computers, digital cameras and mobile phones and other mobile products to enhance performance, the need in the market, has introduced a higher-capacity battery backup. Sony announced in 1991 the world’s first high-energy density, small form factor, light weight, long life lithium-ion battery, and in 1999 launched the shape of a flexible, safer lithium-ion polymer batteries to further meet the market demand. Therefore, the lithium-ion batteries (including lithium ion polymer batteries) has been the global market increased to 1.2 billion new cylindrical lithium-ion batteries and lithium ion polymer batteries to achieve the industry’s highest energy density, enabling mobile products the achievement of long-running. <G8> Cylindrical lithium-ion battery standard diameter of 18 millimeters, the standard height of 65 mm, maintaining the same level of charge / discharge characteristics, with the highest battery capacity - to reach 2550mAh (than conventional batteries to increase by 6% ), to further improve the energy demanding notebook and digital camera capabilities (battery durability). Lithium-ion polymer batteries <A8> product designed to maintain a high degree of flexibility and polymer composition, such as high-security features, to achieve a capacity of up to 830mAh (same size, but Sony’s conventional model to increase by 9%), will enable mobile phones and other small portable products long run. In addition, for mobile phone market, as well as lithium-ion battery market expansion, Sony introduced a new model: S Pack, V Cell, VT Cell Series. S Pack is dedicated to mobile phones for lithium-ion polymer hp pavilion dv2000 battery, hp pavilion dv6000 battery, hp pavilion dv2500 battery pack, through a combination of lithium-ion polymer and packaging technology in two areas, in the limited space to achieve a high efficiency power supply.

V Cell and VT Cell Series high-current discharge to resolve the problems that can not used in the past lithium-ion battery power tools, cleaning and the use of electric bicycles, and promote a cylindrical high-energy lithium-ion battery market expansion.

Lithium-ion batteries from Sony in 1992 by the beginning of commercialization, the world’s lithium-ion battery industry which dominates the fundamental from the Japanese by the year 2000, Japan accounted for battery production for more than 95% of the world. In recent years, with China such as BYD, TCL payment to the representative of the battery for the enterprises and the rapid emergence of Korea and Japan show a unique pattern has basically been broken, the Japanese lithium-ion battery market share has fallen to the present less than 60 percent of the world’s lithium-ion battery industry in Japan and South Korea two-thirds of the world’s pattern has been formed.

Although still in the lithium-ion battery manufacturer to occupy the top spot in the market, but Japanese companies have been obvious from China (liquid lithium represented in BYD, Li-polymer power to TCL can be represented by gold) and South Korea feel the impact of competitors to the pressure and headaches. Lithium-ion hp batteries in Japan’s global market share continues to decline after 2000. Japan in 2000 accounted for 93.9 percent of the global market share has declined in 2002 to 69.4 percent, authorities said, according to the industry, with China and South Korea Li-ion battery industry’s rapid growth in 2005 expected to be Japan’s global market share will be below 50%.

Japanese lithium-ion battery business is the high cost of the competitiveness of Japanese companies and the main reason for decline in market share. However, the core technology in Japan than in China and South Korea still has a distinct advantage.

South Korea in the field of secondary batteries based on far less than China and Japan, but South Korea’s advantage in recent years in its consumption of IT and mobile terminals, such as strong growth in product areas. It is reported that global sales of Samsung Taiwan’s 55 million mobile phones. In mobile phones, flat-panel displays in areas such as Samsung, LG and other Korean brands have the limelight over the Japanese enterprises. The lithium-ion rechargeable battery has become the cell phones, notebooks and other mobile consumer electronics the standard power supply, with local enterprises procurement advantages, South Korea’s lithium-ion battery industry is enough to let the Chinese and Japanese counterparts envy.

However, in the lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment, raw materials and other components, the current 80% dependence on imports in Korea, which would weaken the South Korea in the industry’s long-term competitiveness. At present, the South Korean government is vigorously promoting its own lithium-ion hp pavilion dv1000 battery, hp pavilion dv4000 battery, hp pavilion ze2000 battery to form a complete industrial chain and competitiveness.

Compared to South Korea and Japan, the Chinese enterprises with their own cutting-edge technology with the breakthrough in the continuous expansion of production scale, cost advantages of China has gradually become the core competitiveness of enterprises.

As we all know, some domestic enterprises, but also lead to strong growth from Sanyo and Sony’s patent infringement lawsuit proceedings. Japan and South Korea compared with the previous enterprises, Chinese enterprises are significantly less than the development of core technologies in order to not be controlled by others and being accused of infringement, is still technically innovative Chinese enterprises need to continue efforts. It is worth noting that China’s largest manufacturer of polymer lithium batteries, is second only to SONY, Samsung, the world’s third largest polymer battery manufacturers - TCL payment to the company, there will be no walk domestic enterprises by foreign enterprises to buy patents instead focus on technology, R & D inputs, and achieved a number of research results, with a number of independent core patented technology and intellectual property, breaking the Japan-South Korea business-to-polymer battery technology monopoly. Its production of lithium polymer batteries is close to the overall performance level of similar products in Japan, the battery electrochemical impedance, energy density, high-low-temperature discharge, etc. even ahead of the competition. TCL gold in the continuous cutting-edge technical breakthroughs, no doubt the Chinese enterprises to enhance competitiveness in the long run.

Japan and South Korea face business challenges dinosaur-class, China’s lithium-ion battery has been through the expansion of the scale to change the cool strategy. A few days ago, reporters from the TCL Group is part of the professional R & D, production of polymer lithium-ion battery Battery Co., Ltd. TCL King can understand that as the company’s Industrial Park, Huizhou TCL official energy production operators, TCL gold battery capacity to achieve upgrading by leaps and bounds. Up to now have an annual output of 10,000 over 6000’s production capacity polymer lithium battery, has become the world’s third largest manufacturer of polymer lithium batteries. The company said high-level, TCL payment to the company will continue to maintain the momentum of improvement by leaps and bounds, in 2006 the scale of annual production capacity of 200 million, becoming the world’s largest manufacturer of polymer lithium battery; another in liquid lithium batteries, the current Zambia Di lithium-ion battery for the 16 million per month, with its new plant put into operation Shanghai and Shenzhen factory capacity expansion, the company Nissan is expected to lithium-ion battery from its current level of 500,000 to one million, which was close to Japan Sanyo.

Pricing strategies will never be able to hit the market the most sensitive nerve! China has cheap and abundant labor resources, you can use the human-oriented semi-automatic production line, in order to adopt low-cost competitive strategy. In addition, along with the internal lithium-scale expansion of production, but also pulling the market price of the global lithium an important factor in rapid decline. In the current mobile communications become increasingly cost-competitive products of the white-hot situation, with the excellent performance of China’s price advantage of lithium-ion battery products, has become the global mobile communications giant MOTOROLA, NOKIA, Samsung Electronics, such as the first choice for enterprises. From the nation’s largest manufacturer of liquid lithium BYD, becoming the first Chinese MOTOROLA supplier of lithium, the Tianjin power of God has also passed the certification audit MOTOROLA. A few days ago, as the nation’s largest manufacturer of polymer lithiumhp presario m2000 battery, hp presario v2000 battery, compaq presario v5000 battery TCL gold can also be adopted by MOTOROLA, Samsung Electronics and other international audit firms certified, China Li-ion battery manufacturers in the world will become more prominent status.

“Teachers must have three lines,”

The world’s lithium-ion battery industry in recent years after the game, the basic two-thirds of China, Japan and Korea formed the pattern of the world. From the future development of the world’s lithium-ion industry trend analysis, the three countries in the lithium-ion battery market, competition can be said to be different, the pattern of one-third of the world will remain a considerable period of time.

Japanese lithium-ion production cost of enterprises in the non-dominant, but it has grasped the core technology in the industry, through a long period of development has established a certain degree of technical barriers to entry; Korean companies in the lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment, raw materials and other components , the 80% dependence on imports, which would weaken the South Korea in the long-term competitiveness of industry, but by virtue of its leading-edge areas of IT, through its own self-marketing advantages, lithium-ion batteries in Korea on the industry sufficient to China and Japan peer envy; obviously a disadvantage of Chinese enterprises is the lack of core technology development, but along with the internal battery, such as TCL gold to keep the cutting-edge breakthroughs in technology, it is bound to gradually strengthen the enterprises to participate in international competitiveness, at the same time production costs, Japan and South Korea’s advantage is elusive in the short term.

As the old saying goes: “there must be three of us are walking teacher”, who is Li-ion compaq presario v4000 battery industry in the future real overlord, as Chinese enterprises, only get others to make up our own may have a chance to become a short Li-ion battery industry.

The single-core AMD Athlon 64 L110 processor is being used by Gateway in the LT3103u netbook, which was announced earlier this week. This is AMD’s first chip to reach netbooks, which are laptops with small screens designed for basic tasks like Web surfing and word processing. Gateway is owned by PC maker Acer.

The low-voltage processor is a variant of the Neo chips that AMD has designed for thin and light laptops, which have larger screens and offer more functionality than netbooks. The Athlon 64 L110 chip runs at a clock speed of 1.2GHz, has 512KB of cache and draws about 13 watts of power.

Most netbooks today carry Intel’s Atom chips, with Via’s low-power Nano processor in a distant second place. AMD in the past has derided netbooks, saying that though the PCs were inexpensive, they didn’t offer full functionality.

So the sudden emergence of an Athlon chip in a netbook comes as a surprise, especially because AMD has repeatedly said it would not enter the netbook space. The company still maintains a stance of not being interested in netbooks, but a spokesman softened that rhetoric on Thursday.

“AMD has fully anticipated that our technology would eventually appear at the upper end of the netbook space,” said Steve Howard, an AMD spokesman. Though the chip was designed for ultrathin notebooks, AMD did not want to restrict the desire of PC makers to use it in different form factors, he said.

Gateway’s laptop can be defined as a prototypical netbook, but with better integrated graphics than typically found in Atom-based netbooks. The US$399 laptop has an 11.6-inch display, weighs about 3.14 pounds (1.4 kilograms) and measures about an inch thick. It includes AMD’s ATI Radeon x1270 integrated graphics and the RS690 chipset. The laptop is designed for Internet and basic applications like word processing, Acer America said in a statement.

AMD perhaps didn’t intend for the low-power chip to be in Gateway’s netbook, but it made its way there nevertheless, said Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Mercury Research. Unlike Intel, which has specially designed Atom for netbooks, AMD does not want to design chips for netbooks.

If AMD had a choice, it would rather put the chip in more expensive laptops to extract better margins, McCarron said. The low margins of $400 laptops don’t help AMD financially, so the company may try hard to limit the chip’s usage in other netbooks, he said.

But the chip could be used in PCs or servers where power efficiency is a concern. For example, Intel’s Atom is now being used in servers, so AMD’s netbook chips could end up there as well, McCarron said.

Gartner said that PC shipments will decline due to the continued effects of the global recession, but at a slower rate than originally expected. Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 6 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year, an upgrade from the 6.6 percent decrease earlier projected by Gartner.

That will set the stage for a healthy market recovery in 2010, when PC shipments will grow by 10.3 percent, said George Shiffler, principal analyst at Gartner. A strong first quarter helped stabilize PC shipments in 2009, and Gartner is projecting a strong fourth quarter.

“By that time we expect the global economy to be on the recovery path. Once the economy is on a sounder footing, the demand will be strengthened,” Shiffler said. Demand for PCs has been more resilient than originally thought, with buyers responding to the falling prices of PCs, he said.

“We’ve pierced new price points for laptops, and not surprisingly, people are responding to that,” Shiffler said.
Netbooks triggered new lows in laptop prices of under US$300, Shiffler said. That pricing pressure is now trickling into mainstream laptops, which have seen prices hover around $500, dropping below $400 in some instances, he said.

Netbooks are looking more like mainstream laptops as they get more expensive with larger screen sizes and keyboards, Shiffler said. At the same time, the prices of mainstream laptops are falling, which blurs the line between both the laptop categories.

But anecdotal evidence also suggests that people are finding out that netbooks have limited capabilities and are not substitutes for full-screen laptops, Shiffler said. That could drive some people back to buying mainstream laptops, he said.

Also challenging netbooks are ultrathin laptops, which are low-end, thin and light laptops priced starting at $500. However, ultrathin laptops have just hit the market, so their impact on netbooks cannot be assessed.

“There’s a market for a low-end notebooks, it’s just not clear if it’s only the mini-notebook. It’s going to get very interesting to see what happens,” Shiffler said. The shipment of netbooks — which Gartner refers to as mini-notebooks — will reach 21 million this year and 30 million next year, he said.

Microsoft’s new Windows 7 OS, which is due for release on Oct. 22, will not be a major factor in the recovery of PC shipments, Shiffler said. On Thursday, Microsoft said that it planned to let people who buy PCs with Windows Vista starting this Friday upgrade to Windows 7 for free, once it becomes available in October.

“People aren’t going to buy a new PC because of a new operating system,” Shiffler said. Microsoft could try to counter the PC slowdown by launching a campaign to show that the OS is offering something new in PCs, but that may still not get consumers to spend on the OS, he said. Enterprise users will put off adopting Windows 7 for at least a year until all the kinks of the OS have been ironed out, he said.

Hitachi and YRP Ubiquitous Networking Institute November 24, 2004 announced the development of the world’s smallest terminal of the sensor network. For the installation of the battery terminal active wireless terminals can be equipped with temperature, light, infrared, accelerometers and other sensors. The idea applies to the building and the family of wireless sensors and security management.

Hitachi YRP Ubiquitous Network and Institute for the development of the “world’s smallest” active sensor network end-use lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

The development is to use a frequency of 300MHz the weak wireless signal to communicate with the base station of the wireless terminal. Communication distance of 10 meters. Equipped with 8-bit microcontrollers, the use of the company’s own wireless standards and communication protocols. The use of power for the lithium-ion rechargeable battery or Honda battery. Models including the smallest terminal size lithium-ion rechargeable battery included for the 2.3cm × 2.0cm × 1.5cm, volume 6.9cm3. As the “original 10cm3 also about the smallest” (Hitachi), so that the terminal “is the world’s smallest” (Hitachi).

In addition to size, the communication of “intermittent emission” (Hitachi), battery life is also able to significantly extend. “In the (back-up port of the wireless sensor network) ZigBee in, issued by the base station to the called terminal identification (Beacon) control signal terminal for receiving the signal and the cost of electricity. The development of the terminal through the terminal to the base station communication signal only, so do not need to wait for the signal “(Hitachi).

Standby time for the specific use of voltage +3.7 V, the market capacity of 150mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery, the “wireless communication will be set to launch the first five minutes, then no need to replace batteries or recharge to use 1 and a half years” (Hitachi Ltd.). On the other hand, ZigBee, despite frequent claims to “2 3 alkaline batteries can be used 1 year to 2 years.” However, on the 3rd of each of the capacity of alkaline batteries 1000mAh ~ 2000mAh, therefore, then, after conversion, the development of the terminal of its battery life can be extended more than 10 times.

Each base station to access the distribution terminal ID and ZigBee are the same as 16-bit (65,536), but “if the base station taking into account the processing power and wireless bandwidth, then the base station for each access terminal 1000 is more about feasible “(Hitachi). In addition, ZigBee is different from the development of the wireless terminal does not communicate with each other between the terminal functions. But it also can be “micro-controller by modifying the software to be supported.”

TV mobile phones in the near future will be very popular

ABI Research in the United States November 30 local time, released the results of a survey, “to receive television programs would be universal access to mobile phones sooner or later.”

ABI Research director of the Semiconductor Research sector analyst Alan Varghese said that the beginning of mobile phone operators of television programs do not receive a positive performance. “In addition to the average revenue per user (ARPU) of the contribution of small, there may affect the duration of the battery, claiming the proceeds of a good voice and data communications users.” (Alan Varghese)

But recently some of the mobile phone operators to start mobile phone network in a short period of time and the broadcasting of television programs of interest, such as interactive television, they have noted the potential of television broadcasting. In addition, mobile phone suppliers and chip makers are also developing products used to receive television.

NEC, Toshiba, Nokia of Finland and South Korea’s Samsung has launched a TV tuner built-in phone. Texas Instruments in the United States announced in October are being developed all the features to deal with television signals in a single chip LSI.

“Watching television, when compared with the small screen TV of course, an ordinary mobile phone is the preferred equipment. But in the near future, mobile phones will be widely used in railway stations, airports or restaurants, such as short-term leisure time watching television.”

Research Institute production of new electrolyte lithium batteries will be more secure

Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan developed a lithium-ion rechargeable battery for the flame-retardant electrolyte. Not volatile as a result, even if the temperature of +300 ℃ will not be close to the fire and decomposition, but also not in the ordinary lithium-ion rechargeable battery voltage of the chemical reaction. Will be applied to lithium metal anode for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries can greatly enhance the safety of use.

The development of electrolyte for maintaining the liquid state under normal temperature and the organic salt “ionic liquids.” Specific components for the four cyclic amine - amine salt PP13-TFSI (N-methyl-N-proplylpiperidiniumbis (trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide). Not only has the non-volatile and fire retardant, and will not precipitate a lithium metal anode for lithium-ion rechargeable battery, when often the dendritic crystallization (dendrite). The original organic solvents as a result of repeatedly charging generated power and dendritic crystal would result in the compartment between the electrode punctured causing a short circuit. The development of ionic liquids will not be such a dendritic crystal precipitation, but relatively smooth deposition.

The development of the use of electrolytes to lithium metal as negative electrode, lithium cobalt (LiCoO2) for the positive electrode of the button battery charge and discharge more than 97% efficiency, the effect was very good. In addition, a nickel electrode plate for easy battery trial units (according to charge type unit) charge-discharge efficiency was also achieved in the test more than 97%, with the original organic electrolyte maintained essentially at the same level. Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology that, in addition to lithium metal used in electrodes for lithium-ion rechargeable battery, this electrolyte can also be used to improve the existing lithium-ion rechargeable battery security. As a result of new low electrolyte conductivity, so the issue is how the future through mixture with other electrolytes, such as to be improved.

The results as a New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO Technology Development Organization) project commissioned by the “fuel cell vehicles, such as lithium-ion battery technology development - elements of high-performance lithium battery technology development (2002 ~ 2006)” and to conduct research.

Henan to use its advantages in resources to create rare-earth nickel hydrogen battery industrial base

Held a few days ago from Zhengzhou meeting was informed that the National Office of Rare Earth, Rare Earth, Henan Province is using its resources to focus on building advantages of Ni-MH battery industrial base.

It is understood that the use of rare earth resources in recent years, Henan Province, in the manufacture of permanent magnet materials, energy efficient fluorescent materials to make significant progress. Several enterprises in Henan Province, according to the characteristics of rare earth resources, effective use of reasonable and moderate doping, which can effectively improve the battery performance of anode materials are being promoted Ni-MH battery industry in Henan province’s rapid development. Henan Development and Reform Commission said the officers concerned, to give full play to the Henan Xinxiang battery industrial base better than species-wide, supporting the full advantages of nickel-hydrogen batteries to accelerate the construction of industrial projects, and strive to Henan Province to develop into the base Ni-MH battery industry.

Was also informed that the rare earth fertilizer agricultural enterprises of Henan Province and crops upgrading played an important role in income. From 2002 to the present, Henan Province, has more than 10 small rare earth fertilizer to achieve the production of agricultural products and fertilizer transformation. It was also introduced, rare earth resources, the role of economic development more and more obvious, the current countries as the main raw materials of rare earth permanent magnet motor development projects a very significant energy savings, and some energy-saving rate of 30 percent, that will promote electric industry restructuring, also saves energy.

National Semiconductor introduced delayed-type step-down controller

National Semiconductor Corporation (National Semiconductor Corporation) (NYSE: NSM) introduced a system to support efficient field-effect transistor P hysteresis (P-FET) buck controller. The model for the LM3475 controller chip using a very small SOT23-5 package, which is characterized by fine with system design can be simple hysteresis control circuit. System design engineers will be using this chip for the system without external compensation, to ensure that a wide range of components can be a stable operating system can be made extremely fast transient response. Hysteresis control circuit even in a very small load can also support high-efficiency operation. P of the advantages of field-effect transistor structure is required to reduce the number of components, porosity will be increased to 100%, as well as the operation had only a very low pressure drop.

The controller chip for a variety of typical applications, including TFT monitors, car personal computer systems, vehicle security navigation systems, notebook computer back-up power supply to battery-powered portable electronic products and power distribution system.

It has been predicted that hydrogen will be the next industrial revolution began, but some people said that this will be a change in the energy sector, since the steam engine, internal combustion engine after the first industrial revolution, human beings.

According to “21st Century Business Herald” reported that the development of traditional energy sources and wider use of internal combustion engine, creating a number of energy giants and automotive tycoon. Such as fuel cells, such as the development of new energy sources as well as the extensive application will be bound to the field of energy in the new wealth created a myth around the energy changes lead to a redistribution of wealth and transfer. However, investment in new energy field, such as the development of fuel cell vehicles, in addition to high returns, but also means that a huge risk.

Faced with uncertain prospects for commercial application, many of energy tycoons and car giant to participate in this competition, carnival is a feast or a wealth of adventure?

Tens of billions of dollars “burn” hydrogen car

In the November 4, held on the 9th Shanghai International Industry Fair, a named “Beyond II” of the car led to the attention of those present. From all appearances, this is just an ordinary Santana 3000 sedans, but the hood open to see is a different picture: There is no tradition of motor vehicles using gasoline engines, but a fuel cell, fuel tank is way to a hydrogen storage tank, a hydrogen storage tank to support the car for 168 kilometers of hydrogen exercise.

This is the only road into the home-made fuel cell test vehicles, the battery is used Shanghai Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai) design and manufacturing.

Prior to the October 30, General Motors and SAIC announced that the joint development of fuel cell buses; 12 October, Volkswagen and Tongji University signed an agreement for fuel cell vehicle research; September 14, and FAW Toyota Motor announced Group co-production mixed power car “pioneer” (Prius); 5 25, Mercedes - Benz Citaro hydrogen fuel cell buses debut in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, next year, Mercedes-Benz will launch in Beijing, three fuel cell buses .

For a time, into a fuel cell vehicle, almost all auto makers have begun in the field of fuel cell vehicle ready.

Domestic fuel cell vehicle the birth of

“At that time, few people have heard of fuel cells, some people even thought it was like oil and water is a pseudo-science.” Yaojia Long recalled in 1998 when Shanghai started difficult.

In fact, as early as the 90s of last century, developed countries in the West began to study the fuel cell.

The United States in the fuel cell research has shown very positive. In 2003, the Bush administration approved a U.S. Department of Energy to develop the “hydrogen program.” In the next 5 years, the U.S. government will invest three billion U.S. dollars to develop hydrogen fuel technology. The Japanese government plans to 2020, for four billion U.S. dollars investment in fuel cell research. The Government of France, fuel cell research project is estimated to be 1 billion U.S. dollars.

The above-mentioned several Governments in the development of new energy sources of competition, the budget has been invested tens of billions of dollars more than on.

The current general manager of Shanghai Dr. Hu Liqing, in a world-class fuel cell company for two years. In 1998, returning to Shanghai from Canada lecture Qing Hu occasionally found in Western developed countries have done the fuel cell was heated, no one internally is also carried out research. Huri returned entrepreneurial decision-ching.

In 1998, Shanghai creation, the beginning of China-made fuel cell research. At that time, the company registered capital of only 50 million yuan. Shanghai Comprehensive Industrial Development Zone is a major shareholder, a Shanghai suburb of Fengxian private enterprises are also involved in the investment.

Shanghai R & D funding comes mainly from the National Science and Technology Fund, to date, Shanghai was 8,000 million yuan R & D funds.

However, at every turn with the developed countries to invest billions of dollars compared to Shanghai R & D funding is clearly insignificant.

Hydrogen fuel cells abroad, mainly in the way of high pressure hydrogen gas, but the use of divine power is hydrogen gas pressure. In contrast, high-pressure gas in a larger number of power, General Motors launched on the 3rd kind of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have the power to achieve 80 kilowatts, while Shanghai study “Beyond 3″ is only the fuel cell power 50 kilowatts.

The cost of fuel cell pressure is relatively low. In the process of industrialization, the cost is often the major obstacle to the industrialization of whether the economy can determine to a large extent the promotion of large-scale.

Shanghai involved in fuel cell vehicle 863 of the two projects, one of which is fuel-cell cars “Beyond” series, and the other is the fuel cell bus. In these two projects, the study atmospheric Shanghai fuel cell buses on the more obvious advantages.

Shanghai is in accordance with the divine power, Mercedes-Benz launched in Beijing called Clitato three fuel cell buses, it is estimated that each cost as much as two million euros, of which part of the fuel cell would require 1.4 million euros, is ten times the price of conventional engines. However, “our cost of more than half of them even lower,” said Shanghai Foreign .

Although the cost of more expensive, but hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the use of relatively low cost. Now the price of hydrogen 9 yuan per cubic meter, and in accordance with the divine power of the Shanghai Fuel Cell Hydrogen consumption, consumption per 100 km car 1.03 kilograms of hydrogen, which is equivalent to 1.42 cubic meters of hydrogen. And general economic car fuel per 100 kilometers 6-8 liters, in accordance with the current oil prices, more than 20. The use of fuel cells than the economic cost of the car even lower number.

In fact, Shanghai is also a divine power there is no way to choose pressure option. The production of high-pressure hydrogen fuel cells need to generate high-pressure hydrogen gas, high pressure gas to produce hydrogen, will require high-pressure air compressors. But the reality is that domestic manufacturers can not produce a stable and reliable high-pressure air compressors.

Prior to this, countries have to invest in research devoted to these types of air compressors, but so far no results, while imports of such air compressors for more than a million each priced yuan.

Between the two camps

In the hydrogen fuel cell competition, in addition to government departments, developed into a large, multinational companies are also actively promoting the development of fuel cell vehicles. GM fuel cell vehicle research input has more than 1 billion U.S. dollars.

The development of fuel cell vehicles have been divided into two camps: on behalf of Toyota and GM for the party; to Decker, Ford and Mitsubishi the other. Competition between them has reached the stage of standard-setting.

September 1 this year, Van Dyke, two car giant Ford announced that for fuel cell vehicles in the world of technical advantage, hand in hand to buy the famous Ballard Power Systems of Canada, established a new alliance.

Ballard companies in the world fuel cell vehicle research and development in a leading position. In 1993, Ballard developed the first fuel-cell concept car, introduced in 1997 the 16 fuel cell buses, respectively, in the United States, Canada, Vancouver, Chicago and trial operation. As early as in August 1997, Ballard and Van Dyke on the formation of joint ventures, in December the same year, Ford has also joined.

Fuel cell with oxygen and hydrogen as raw material, oxygen requirements can be obtained from the air, how difficult is to get a hydrogen fuel —.

Toyota and GM camp is the way to obtain hydrogen: clean hydrocarbons from a fuel known as a new type of hydrogen from gasoline. Earlier this year, the U.S. oil company Exxon to participate in this camp, the Exxon oil and GM and Toyota R & D to reach agreement, the joint development of hydrogen fuel cell. Shell joined.

In another camp, Decker, Ford and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. camp with natural gas as raw materials, to take the quality of the methanol solution to obtain hydrogen system. BP is a supporter of the camp. Decker fuel cell buses running in a city, BP on the establishment of hydrogen refueling station in the local. In April this year, BP and Ford co-operation to provide 30 Ford hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, BP is in the United States Detroit, Orlando and other cities to establish hydrogenation network.

Beginning this year, the two camps has become very fierce competition. Decker, Ford, General Motors announced in 2004, the company’s fuel cell vehicles will be mass production. Toyota has even said that to develop the next generation fuel cell vehicle.

In addition, Fiat, Renault, Volvo and Peugeot Italy used by companies such as the fuel cell, fuel cell vehicle development. Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan also has its own fuel cell development program.

Gold dream

A U.S. research company forecasts fuel cell vehicles will become the future of the automobile industry the main directions of development. By 2007, fuel cells in transportation of commercial value will reach nine billion U.S. dollars, with the proportion of fuel cell vehicles increases, the data the possibility of further expansion.

However, the area of the national hydrogen energy chief scientist, Professor Mao Zongqiang, the hydrogen energy development is now recognized as a major problem there are two problems, first, the use of hydrogen energy expensive equipment; Second, the facilities of hydrogenation is not complete, there is no network for hydrogen, resulting in the popularization and application of hydrogen energy in check.

At the same time, hydrogen storage is a major problem. It is generally worried that hydrogen fuel will be an explosion.

“In fact, as hydrogen and natural gas, and its endorsement process and will not be more unsafe than gasoline,” Science and Technology Co., Ltd. Shanghai Yaojia Long said, “it is clear that a set of gasoline has been regulated safety standards.”

Hydrogenation of the fastest growing network in Japan, there are nine hydrogen refueling station, and will be completed in two to three years dozens of hydrogen refueling station. In China, Shanghai has made it clear only next year to build a hydrogen refueling station.

Despite the obstacles, cross-car giant in the field of fuel cell vehicle research and promotion in speeding up the pace. The beginning of this year, Toyota, Ford and other companies have been identified the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a timetable, and some mixed driving force mass production models.

“Fuel cell technology can set off the revolution in the automotive industry.” General Motors R & D, Vice-Minister of said, “If you do not proceed to create the future, and actively creating the future, your competitors will be the first step. ”

In October of this year, held in Shanghai New Energy Challenge Bibendum, the GM, Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Toyota, Nissan, almost all of the depot have laid their own fuel cell vehicle.

“We are not displayed in the distant future may be what is happening,” Ford vice president Susan Cischke are so told reporters that “This is a practical and effective technology is extremely promising.”

Until now, Shanghai not sell a product, but also did not receive a penny of income, and in the foreseeable period of time, still need to be invested in a large amount of money.

Under such circumstances, Shanghai ready to devote more energy to easily achieve the industrialization of small-scale fuel cell projects, such as tour buses, such as back-up power stations. Compared to these areas of fuel cell vehicles to reduce a number of technical requirements, and power is also smaller. More than 10 billion U.S. dollars of the cost of new energy to explore the road, seems to have opened the door to Alibaba, but do not know who is inside the door or bandit treasure.

Mass production of fuel cell vehicles will not be long before

Tongji University, China Steel principals million fuel cell vehicle project founder and witnesses.

In 2000, in Dr. Wan Gang foreign to the State Council put forward the development of clean energy cars, the realization of China’s automobile industry by leaps and bounds in development, and national ministries such as Ministry of Science and Technology of the attention and support. Subsequently, the Ministry of Science and Technology Wan Gang was appointed as the national “863 Program” of electric vehicles, Chief Scientist for major projects, on the whole team. Project Leader as the first, Wan Gang took the program the most complex projects of fuel cell cars. To date, 10,000 steel research group has developed a “go beyond the” first, second, third-generation fuel cell vehicle on the 3rd Test like cars.

Fuel cell vehicle in the end whether the domestic automobile industry has become a growth point of Daxin, and even replace traditional energy vehicles? Recently our reporter interviewed million steel.

Production needed for more than 10 years

“21st Century”: mass production fuel cell vehicles more optimistic about the prospects for, how long will this process?

WAN Gang: the need for a process of mass production. We plan to model the composition of the team in 2006, when the 2008 Olympic Games has put into commercial fuel cell vehicle running, in 2010 the team set up hundreds of vehicles, as car Expo. After the Expo, from taxis, buses began to start. After 2015, annual production is expected to reach the scale of hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

European project in 2020 so that the new car in the gross domestic energy 5% of the total automobile output in 2020 reached 10%. If China and Europe will be the same, they need five million new energy vehicles, such as to meet Japan’s standards, would require 10 million new energy vehicles. Even if the proportion of 3% in accordance with terms, 2.5 million need. The accumulation takes time, so we carried out the development of fuel cell vehicle is a very urgent request.

“21st Century”: If the use of hydrogen energy, hydrogen can guarantee a source of growing energy needs?

WAN Gang: I recently went to a meeting, conference, display the use of methanol, natural gas, gasoline, hydrogen gas, such as machines, that is to say that all energy can be hydrogen. In fact, there may be more sources, and can be recycled, which will greatly broaden the source of hydrogen.

Obstacles in the system

“21″: at the present stage, the introduction of the mixture of fuel cell powered car what the obstacles encountered?

WAN Gang: Recently, I strongly urge, the Beijing municipal government to the needs of the Olympic Games, the procurement of 40 fuel cell buses, although the adoption of a national test, but did not notice the Street can not. Therefore, new developments may have a number of institutional constraints.

“21st Century”: It is now a lot of giant multinational corporations in China have begun to prepare for the launch of its fuel cell vehicle, the domestic depot similar initiatives?

WAN Gang: I have this idea of home depot. FAW, the second gas, Chery, Changan are determined, Beijing has also developed a hybrid bus. However, the actual operation can achieve our goal, to see the final outcome of this.

“21st Century”: now there are many taxis in the use of natural gas, this new form of energy of a transition?

Wan Gang: In 1998, 10 domestic cities with natural gas as main fuel, “clean car up”, the year can save about 1.3 million tons of gasoline. Particularly in Shanghai, has 38,000 taxis using natural gas, more than 100 filling stations throughout the city. The future, in addition to continue to reduce fuel emissions of motor vehicles, but also to promote hybrid and pure electric vehicles.

“21st Century”: BMW has been strongly advocated the promotion of hydrogen engines, and that by 2025 half of the BMW hydrogen engine products to be used. The development of hydrogen engine where the greatest degree of difficulty?

WAN Gang: the engine has been developed for several decades, the technology is quite advanced, into hydrogen fuel, not investment. But the hydrogen engine has not fundamentally solve the problem of thermal effect. In addition, the storage of liquid hydrogen has a very high technical requirements, so now everyone in the study of hydrogen gas. So, I think hydrogen engine research, the biggest problem is how to store liquid hydrogen. Of course, BMW said, such as fuel cell technology is mature, the end fuel cells do.

Just 58% of consumers who bought a netbook rather than a notebook said they were very satisfied, compared to 70% who admitted they planned to buy a netbook all along, according to a survey of 600 American adults conducted by the NPD Group.

The disappointment with netbooks — NPD analyst Stephen Baker preferred that term rather than “dissatisfaction” — stemmed from expectations that a netbook was the same, more or less, as a laptop. Six out of every 10 netbook buyers, said Baker, thought that the two were equivalent, and figured that their new netbook would have the same functionality as a laptop.

Notebooks generally sport larger screens, larger keyboards, larger hard drives and more memory than do netbooks. They also run different operating systems. Microsoft, for instance, sells its aged Windows XP Home to netbook makers, but markets Windows Vista to laptop OEMs. Rival Apple doesn’t even play in the netbook category, and instead aims for the higher end of the laptop price spectrum.

“OEMs aren’t marketing [netbooks] properly,” said Baker, “because consumers think they can use it just like a notebook.”

One age group was especially unhappy with netbooks. Among 18- to 24-year-olds, an important demographic to netbook sellers, who tout low prices to the money-challenged college-aged crowd, 65% said they expected better performance than they got from their netbooks. Only about one in four, 27%, said their netbooks performed better than anticipated.

Of the factors that netbook buyers prized, portability was tops, with 60% of those surveyed putting it at the No. 1 spot. But even there, consumers said one thing and did another, since that same percentage said that once theit netbook was home, it never left the house.

“I was impressed with the number of people who chose a netbook because of the mobility factor,” said Baker. “That means that at least some of the marketing message [by netbook makers] is getting through.” ‘The attraction of mobility, even if it’s a chimera to most buyers, gives OEMs something to work with, said Baker. “There is a value proposition to mobility, and the CULV stuff will address the mobility piece in a form factor that people might appreciate more than a netbook.”

CULV, or “consumer ultra-low voltage,” is the term slapped on the processors from Intel, AMD and nVidia that are to power a class of notebooks priced above $500 but below $1,000. They sport screens larger than netbooks, but cost considerably less than current ultra-portable notebooks.

“I think OEMs will be able to convince consumers to spend more on something with a bigger screen and a bigger keyboard,” said Baker, answering a question about netbook sales cannibalizing laptop sales.

One response by the consumers NPD polled, however, may make Microsoft a little nervous. “Of the features they cited as important, they said the operating system was the second-most important to their decision,” said Baker. Nearly all netbooks now sold run the ancient Windows XP Home.

Microsoft hopes to get computer makers to drop XP Home and instead install Windows 7 Starter, the lowest-price and least-capable edition of the new OS that will be available worldwide. To quiet a growing revolt by analysts and users angered over news that Starter would restrict them to running only three applications at the same time, Microsoft ditched that limitation last month.

“Retailers and manufacturers shouldn’t be putting too much emphasis on PC-like capabilities that could convince consumers that a netbook is a replacement for a notebook,” advised Baker. “Instead, they should be marketing mobility, portability and the need for a companion PC to ensure consumers know what they are buying and are more satisfied with what they purchase.”

It is understood that the mobile phone laptop battery life is not the time to calculate, but according to the number of battery charge and discharge of their operational lives. Phone nickel-hydrogen batteries used in general can be 200-300 times charge-discharge, lithium-ion battery charge and discharge is generally 350-700 times. According to a survey conducted in March shows that most of Shanghai’s mobile phone users to replace the phone for 1-2 years frequency. The industry is estimated that under normal circumstances, after the user change the mobile phone, original mobile phone batteries can continue to use for a long period of time. However, a number of Shanghai’s mobile phone sales in the shop to see, and now on the market a variety of mobile phone and dell battery with a cell phone is basically a battery, or a class at the same time with a cell phone. In this way, a number of mobile phones able to play a waste of batteries, will be forced to throw away with the old cell phone, or idle side.

In this regard, the explanation is that cell phone manufacturers for different consumer groups, tailor-made products have a personality. Motorola (China), Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department said, the company based on the user’s spending habits to shape the design of products , and shape to some extent, also determines the structure and size of the battery. Sony Ericsson (China) Shu-ling, director of market-yong said, in addition to the appearance of design, now more and more the functions of mobile phones on standby time requirements have become more sophisticated, so mobile phone manufacturers in accordance with specific circumstances should be considered in the design and installation of what kind of battery.

Communications policy director of the Institute of the Ministry of Information Industry Mr Chen believes that mobile phone battery is not a common reason is that by the battery manufacturers to develop consumer loyalty on the phone, to compete on differentiation. For new users to mobile phones, while at the same time is bound to pay to buy batteries, each one for a cell phone to buy. However, the current real price of mobile phone batteries are generally two or three hundred dollars, the battery in the purchase of the share of costs accounted for nearly 1 / 10, many people will be broken, therefore the idea of buying a new phone. In addition, the battery “bind” mobile phone, mobile phone batteries can be designated for manufacturers bring high returns.

National Institute of Standardization from the City was informed that the current specifications of mobile phone batteries on the three national standards: “cell phone use lithium-ion batteries total norms”, “Cellular-metal hydride batteries total norms” and “cellular phone nickel-cadmium batteries with a total norms “, in which the battery of the phone functions and the effectiveness of the provisions of a more detailed, while the battery provides the structure and size are a bit vague. It is reported that the U.S. Wireless Telecommunications Association and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the latest being the new standard to address the phone is not compatible with the battery problem.

Users worry about the “exclusive” mobile phone battery

As long as the phone “over the first line”, the original piece of used mobile phone battery not long, it had been “laid off” the. Now, not only mobile phones of different brands of batteries can not be General Motors, together with the brand, different models of cell phones, it is hard to be generic. Mobile phone battery, “exclusive”, so that consumers will indeed buy a new cell phone that was a waste of time.

It is understood that the mobile phone battery life is not the time to calculate, but according to the number of battery charge and discharge of their operational lives. Phone nickel-hydrogen batteries used in general can be 200-300 times charge-discharge, lithium-ion battery charge and discharge is generally 350-700 times. According to a survey conducted in March shows that most of Shanghai’s mobile phone users to replace the phone for 1-2 years frequency. The industry is estimated that under normal circumstances, after the user change the mobile phone, original mobile phone batteries can continue to use for a long period of time.

However, a number of Shanghai’s mobile phone sales in the shop to see, and now on the market a variety of mobile phone and battery with a cell phone is basically a battery, or a class at the same time with a cell phone. In this way, a number of mobile phones able to play a waste of batteries, will be forced to throw away with the old cell phone, or idle side.

In this regard, the explanation is that cell phone manufacturers for different consumer groups, tailor-made products have a personality. Motorola (China), Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department said, the company’s spending habits in accordance with the user to design a product shape, and appearance to some extent, also determines the structure and size of the battery. Sony Ericsson (China) Shu-ling, director of market-yong said, in addition to the appearance of design, the functions of mobile phones are now more and more of the standby time is getting higher and higher requirements, so mobile phone manufacturers in accordance with the specific case is considered on the design and installation to what kind of battery.

Communications policy director of the Institute of the Ministry of Information Industry Mr Chen believes that mobile phone dell latitude d520 battery, dell latitude d600 battery is not a common reason is that by the battery manufacturers to develop consumer loyalty on the phone, to compete on differentiation. For new users to mobile phones, while at the same time is bound to pay to buy batteries, each one for a cell phone to buy. However, the current real price of mobile phone batteries are generally two or three hundred dollars, the battery in the purchase of the share of costs accounted for nearly 1 / 10, many people will be broken, therefore the idea of buying a new phone. In addition, the battery “bind” mobile phone, mobile phone batteries can be designated for manufacturers bring high returns.

National Institute of Standardization from the City was informed that the current specifications of mobile phone batteries on the three national standards: “cell phone use lithium-ion batteries total norms”, “Cellular-metal hydride batteries total norms” and “cellular phone nickel-cadmium batteries with a total norms “, in which the battery of the phone functions and the effectiveness of the provisions of a more detailed, while the battery provides the structure and size are a bit vague. It is reported that the U.S. Wireless Telecommunications Association and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the latest being the new standard to address the phone is not compatible with the battery problem.

“In other words the core” battery of experts to enter the Zhongguancun: charging a short circuit may occur after

With simple maintenance procedures, notebook battery the cost of re-work cost only one-eighth of the purchase of new batteries. Yesterday, the reporter visited the Zhongguancun learned the insider sales. Professionals to remind consumers that this kind of “core exchange” battery There is a certain security risk.

Vote in the country and in the sea of electronic markets, to engage in business transactions of second-hand notebooks are told reporters that they can provide such as “for the core” of maintenance services. IBM600E reporters in the hands of original equipment batteries for example, “for the core” cost about 300-400 yuan, and its process is very simple, just have a basic spot welding equipment and technology can be completed. In the repair site, the reporter saw to break open the original battery repair personnel, will the old batteries (similar to common rechargeable batteries) out, and then as it will be in accordance with the new batteries will be followed by spot welding to connect the success of the whole when there is no more than 30 minutes. “In fact, most of the laptop battery can not recharge batteries as a result of aging are caused by the battery as long as the control board did not let the bad, the maintenance of nearly 100% success rate.” The businessmen explained that

The business also revealed that circulation of the current batteries are purchased in large quantities from the South’s. Electronic market in the South, “for the core,” has long been no secret, just before the beginning of this year a large number of emerging electronic markets in Beijing, but also popular. “In the ‘Blue Express’ where to buy a piece of the price of a new battery at least 1,000 yuan more than that many clients are奔着it’s cheaper to come.”

Reporter interviewed a number of IBM products is responsible for after-sales service “Blue Express” the staff for such a “core exchange” behavior that they did not know, nor to carry out customer complaints. However, a staff member confirmed that the purchase of new 600E battery takes about 2,400 yuan.

The difference between the prices, “Blue Express” the Propaganda Department of the Miss Yu said, IBM has its own pricing strategy worldwide, the company did not modify the permissions, and whether the choice to repair the battery is the client’s freedom. At the same time because of environmental considerations, IBM customers will be turned over to the used batteries, commissioned a professional company focused on the destruction, the process takes a lot of money.

“Blue Express” the technical staff, told reporters that private “for the core,” there is a big security risk, some testing dell latitude d610 battery and dell gd761 battery without charge even after the bursting of short-circuit phenomenon, ranging from damage to the host, then re-explosion .