What Really Matters: Batteries

While it's the new capabilities that make headlines,...

(BCWS Consulting/3G Newsroom) Despite the hype about mobile data services and internet access on the go, what users really want is longer life for their mobile batteries. At least that is what market research firm TNS found in their recent study of almost 7,000 mobile users in 15 countries. The vast majority (75%) of respondents replied that better battery life is the main feature they want from a future converged device.

If we have a future in the USA that doesn't look like that of Argentina, then that future probably involves the production and global export of massively more sophisticated, powerful energy delivery systems AT THE CORE of our economy. This will require development of a lot of stuff that doesn't even have conceptual competition.