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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Actually, it weighs just over 2.5 lbs. And it's much thicker than the Xoom - the Xoom is 10mm thick; the Asus 17mm thick.
(The weight is the biggest issue with tablets IMO, since you really have to hold them by the bezel, which means you are basically using your fingertips to hold it. Which is why the ipad dropping from 1.6 to 1.3 lbs was such a big deal (and that is almost 5 oz.)
I don't know about the Xoom's battery life, but the ipad 2 gets over 10 hours of battery life watching video with wifi on - and the one review I was able to find said that it could just barely make it through one streaming HD netflix movie.
We're not close. The Sandybridge processor will use less power than the i3, but the device itself won't use less power.
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I would have to look it up --- I remembered 2.1 pounds. You must remember, of course, that it has a 12.1" screen, i.e. significantly larger. A comparable 10.1" screen would weigh much less. As processors draw less power they also develop less heat and the need for cooling decreases -- which means device size can be significantly reduced.
Of course, battery life will always be shorter. But a full fledged computer that can do 6 hours of straight HD video streaming is within reach -- that would be more than good enough. And with an exchangeable battery all problems would be solved.
No, I am not saying the EP121 is there yet. It is a great first try. But given the pace of development, we should easily have great devices in 1 year and in 2 years devices that will be much better than any phone OS tablet device.