Batteries for Portable Devices provides a comprehensive overview of all batteries used in portable electric and electronic, as well as medical devices. These range from the cellular phone to portable CD and cardiac pacemakers to remote micro-sensors. The author looks at the behaviour of batteries in the conditions encountered in the...

Laptop and tablet popularity is on the rise among computer buyers, including seniors. For anyone in the over-60 age group who is eager to get started with a laptop or tablet, this is the book for you! Laptops and tablets are ideal...

In your hands is one of the most exciting devices to hit the market in quite some time: the iPhone 4S. This Quick Start Guide will help get you and your new iPhone 4S up and running in a hurry. You’ll learn all about the buttons, switches, and ports, and how to use the responsive touch screen, multitask and be introduced to Siri, the...

First developed in the late 1980s, lithium-ion batteries now power everything from tablet computers to power tools to electric cars. Despite tremendous progress in the last two decades in the engineering and manufacturing of lithium-ion...

Straightforward, systematic approach for designing reliable dc power systems for telecommunications

Here is a must-have resource for anyone responsible for designing, installing, and maintaining telecommunications systems. The text explains how to design direct current (dc) power systems that operate at nominal voltages of 24...

In the last few years, Android has progressed with the debut of better fonts, new User Interface and Experience (UI/UX) APIs, tablet considerations, multi-touch capabilities, multi-tasking, faster performance, improved battery management techniques, and now Google TV Android Apps for the Android game...

• Create a complete game with advanced techniques through the course of the book using in-depth, hands-on instructions
• Learn how to multi-task and improve performance optimization in your game...