NTT DoCoMo to release batteries with brains
July 26, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Accessories
Lithium ion batteries next year will come with a built in 8 bit memory chip that helps them keep track of their health.
Maybe you’re saying to yourself “big deal, my phone does that now”. Here’s the real benefit to the smart battery- The information stays with the battery and not the handset, which means even if it is swapped out into another phone, the information will still be available.
I think this makes sense. It’s sorta like how today’s image stabilization in cameras is built into the camera body and not the lens, thus making all lenses “IS” capable. With the technology of memory applied in batteries, mobile phones and other devices don’t have to second guess the charge of a source. Have you ever tried swapping batteries between mobiles? The readings of batt life come out different for two of the same swapping the same battery.
