I think its ridiculous that they should tell consumers that having a power cord is not a big deal and that there is enough power outlet around. *DUH*, of course there are power cords around. The thing is if its so small and light (2lbs may not be that light to some), its sad to have it tied to a power cord. And to think that you have to further lug a power cord around. ... And worry about power running out! *bum*
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Battery life has a long way to go before it meets the holly grail of lasting all day
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This holy grail was met by *many* products in the past. Even right now, you can get a EOL product called a HPC (HandheldPC) such as a Sigmarion III or NEC MobilePro 900/c running CE.NET 4.2 and they all have whole day computing functionality.
I currently own a like-new 2ndhand HPC (HP Jornada 720) running HPC2000 (wince3.0) and it has about 6hr batt life because the batt is not new. When retailed, it had 8+hr batt life easily.
All these products are < 2lbs, with the 720 being just over 1lb. They do not have a 7" screen (6.5" wscreen for the 720) but they are good enough.
I really don't see why after 5yrs of R&D, MS and its cronies cannot deliver on all day (8+hr) computing when they have done it before.
Today some notebooks from NEC or Fujitsu have 8+hr batt life. Why a 2lb UMPC cannot do it is a mystery to me. grrr