Re: iPad Study: The More You Know, The Less You Want One

In article <(E-Mail Removed)> , Mike
Jacoubowsky <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The biggest drawback to the iPad is battery life. In retail, we need 8 solid
> hours of battery life, so either the unit's got to hold up that long or have
> a battery that can be changed out... neither of which the iPad currently
> has.

then it's a good thing that it has 10 hours of battery life, and that's
quoted as surfing the 'net. it can play music for 140 hours. i doubt
you'll need it to be using it for the entire 8 hours, non-stop anyway,
and it's not like you can't drop it into a dock at some point either.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)> , Mike
Jacoubowsky <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to
> music Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or
> listening to music" (from Apple's website).
>
> For the iPhone, Apple says "Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 9 hours
> on Wi-Fi"
>
> Up to.
>
> I've got a lot of experience with the iPhone 3G. I use it extensively.
> Marvelous tool, much more than a toy. And those "Up to" figures are about
> twice real life (for me). Do we have reason to believe it not safe to
> extrapolate similarly for the iPad?

and if you notice, apple only gives *one* number for the ipad, whereas
they give several different numbers for the iphone (talk time, video,
audio, etc.).

the ipad is not out yet. at least wait until it ships to find out
whether it's suitable.

Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> I've found that a new battery meets or exceeds Apple's published
> specifications. However, battery operating time deteriorates with
> Li-Ion batteries as the battery ages. A new Ipod Touch 2G battery
> will play music for about 10 hours if I let the display go blank, or
> 1.5 hrs with the wi-fi and display active. My 3 year old battery now
> plays music for maybe 3 hrs or 0.5 hrs with the wi-fi active. More:
> <http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=215227>
> I bought a case cracking tool and a replacement battery, but managed
> to cut myself on the metal back trying to open the case and gave up.
>

It's really too bad the batteries are so hard to change and so cheaply
built shoved into the box like they are.

I just bought this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-MOTOROLA-FOR...Z6m-Z6tv-BT50-
BATTERY_W0QQitemZ320472286553QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPD A_Accessories?
hash=item4a9da30559
Motorola BT50 OEM battery for my old MotoROKR Z6m I use on Pageplus for
$2.19 from HongKong with FREE SHIPPING! I got 4 of them at this price.
They were sealed in the OEM shipping bags their bulk, no bubblepacks, come
in from China. Even the Motorola halogram label is on them, the date code
was 2 weeks old!

The new batteries were all much better than the one the phone came with,
even though it's the same exact battery. They're all really fresh. The
sale is closed, now, but I bet they still have them at this price.
Delivery took 12 days because of the damned backup at the customs office.



--
"iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!"

Larry

SMS <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:49a2c93d-0706-4057-a907-
(E-Mail Removed):

> On Feb 8, 3:47*am, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
>
>> The new batteries were all much better than the one the phone came with,
>> even though it's the same exact battery. *They're all really fresh. *
> The
>> sale is closed, now,
>
> "http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.23708"
>
> A very good source for stuff like that. One thing I've noticed is the
> batteries are much fresher than what I could buy in the U.S..
>
> That store also has one of the best bicycle lights in the world at
> about 1/5 the price of what a comparable light costs from bicycle
> accessory companies.
>
> "http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25149"
>

Thank you! Thanks for taking the time to inform us.

--
"iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!"

Larry