Posts tagged batterylife

GamePro tests console controller battery life

by Alexander Sliwinski (Feb 1st 2008 7:00AM)

GamePro got all scientific and decided to test the battery life of the current-gen wireless controllers. As we've learned over the last year, the hidden cost in this generation's consoles is the money spent on batteries and/or charge kits. For GamePro's testing it used only "out-of-the-box ...

PSP Extended Life Battery Kit gets priced, dated

by Justin McElroy (Nov 28th 2007 9:00AM)

We talked to you a little bit yesterday about the PSP's Extended Life Battery Kit, but details were pretty limited. If you missed out, the kit contains a 2200 mAh battery that can double the new PSP's lifespan and two very fancy covers that, much like control top pantyhose, have been specially ...

Engineering the DS Lite: 2 Nintendo hardware vets speak

by Dan Choi (Apr 5th 2006 12:57PM)

Ever wonder what decisions go into a hardware redesign? Thanks to the latest edition of Nintendo's Japanese online mag, we finally get a portable peek into the DS Lite. Two Nintendo engineers who worked on the cuter DS sibling reveal how they pulled off the svelte new look while maintaining things ...