The author asserts that "The first company—whether it’s an incumbent phone maker or Ph.D.-laden start-up in a garage—that figures out how to solve the smartphone battery problem will see enormous gains."

Nope. Blackberry has had battery life nailed for years and they're steadily losing market share in the U.S. I owned a Blackberry 9700 for a couple years and recently replaced it with an iPhone 4s. When using for a similar set of apps and voice calls, I get less than half the battery life I did with the Blackberry 9700.

I wrote a detailed comparison between these two devices (http://www.filterjoe.com/2011/12/23/blackberry-vs-iphone-4s-...) and there are actually a few ways Blackberry beats the iPhone 4s. The most important to me is voice call quality, where the difference is stark and impacts me every day.

Battery? I just keep it plugged in when I'm at home or at the office. Problem solved.