Business mobile phones could soon have longer battery life

The battery life of business mobile phones could soon dramatically increase after plans for new chips were announced by Intel.

An Atom-based platform, known as ‘Moorestown’, has been announced by the firm, promising to significantly reduce power usage in idle modes, for audio and for rich multimedia situations.

It could mean up to ten days of standby on smartphones and two days of audio playback.

Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group at Intel, said: "Through ‘Moorestown’, Intel is scaling the benefits of Intel Architecture while significantly reducing the power, cost and footprint to better address handheld market segments.

"As a result of our efforts, the Intel Atom processor is pushing the boundaries of higher performance at significantly lower power to show what’s possible as handheld devices become small, powerful mobile computers."

It was recently reported that mobile phone sales increased towards the end of 2009, with a 15 per cent rise in the period between October and December, meaning 335 million units were shipped, according to iSuppli.

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