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January 23, 2015

Battery blues? New devices can help

  • The common lithium-ion battery has improved in recent years — but not nearly enough to keep up with the needs of gadget addicts.
    • By BARBARA ORTUTAY
    AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK — At a cozy watering hole in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, bartender Kathy Conway counted four different phone chargers behind the bar.

    Call it the scourge of the red zone or battery anxiety. Smartphone users are tired of begging to charge devices behind bars or hunting for outlets in airports and train stations. Where, oh where, is a better battery?


     
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