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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Jesus, it's like I insulted someone's God or something by saying I don't like the look of this thing or that the battery life isn't good enough.
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You just came across as overly harsh. Many were worried the thing would only get 4-6 hours of battery life. 10 hours for a device with a screen that size while watching video is more than anyone reasonably expected.
Anyone is going to be disappointed with devices if they have expectations that are way out of sync with current technology.
I'm no Apple fanboy. I've never owned a single Apple product in my life as I've always found them overpriced, been tied to windows for work etc.
I just don't get bashing a battery life on a device that's above what people were reasonably expecting. And find it silly to compare it to an e-ink device as it's not mean to be that kind of device. It's not aiming for the avid readers who need tons of battery life.
It's aimed at people who want something between a laptop and PC, that's more portable and has a better form function for reading, playing games, surfing the net (without much typing) etc. A netbook is heavier than this, thicker, most can't do video (especially HD) worth a damn. And most don't get 10 hours of battery life while displaying video. So netbooks are completely useless to me, given how much I watch streaming HD video.
So 10 hours seems very damn good for the type of device it is and what it can do. So I don't get the point of holding it to some unreasonable standard because you're e-ink device which only does one task lasts much longer.