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Bluetooth Keyboards With a 10-Year Charge Promised

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the I'll-wait-for-11 dept.

angry tapir writes "Broadcom is working on a Bluetooth chipset that will give wireless keyboards a battery life of up to 10 years. If they had a battery life of as long as 10 years, that Bluetooth-based accessories could potentially never need new batteries, the chip maker said. A set of two AA batteries would be enough to power a keyboard using the BCM20730 Bluetooth chip to connect with a computer for its entire lifetime, Broadcom said."

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  1. Ha! by RobinEggs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hahaha...whew, that's a good one.

    Now tell me we're gonna have flying cars 'within the next 15-30 years'.

    1. Re:Ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      We're gonna have flying cars 'within the next 15-30 years'

  2. Aww shucks by wanzeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just built a kernel specifically without the bluetooth modules in an attempt to save power on my laptop. Damn you progress.

  3. Re:doubt it by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couple the keyboard with a battery charger (powered by its own batteries)

  4. Just as long... by skids · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just as long as you don't leave the capslock LED on.

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    Someone had to do it.
  5. Re:Battery Shelf Life? by Kaenneth · · Score: 4, Funny

    IBM Model M, a keyboard that you can use to kill a man, then use to type his obituary.

  6. Re:Sounds good to me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Schrodingers Keyboard. If you don't press a key for 10 years the keyboard is both alive and dead.