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Old 02-02-2010, 02:05 AM   #49
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Device: iPad, iPhone, K3 & Amazon - between them they cover my needs.
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Originally Posted by fugazied View Post
That's it. They have thrown in netbook components into a tablet and run into battery issues... Not sure about HDMI out, but it would have flash support, multi-tasking, USB, User replaceable battery in etc. Just buy 3 batteries and rotate them to match the iPad 10 hr battery life.
Looks like VGA out - specs and comparison table with iPad and Archos 9 on this page - in French, but you can get the gist of it. I wouldn't bank on being able to swap out the batteries easily; my guess would be that it's a screwdriver job, but who knows?

I think it's quite telling that the best they've managed to build is something almost twice as thick as an iPad but with less than half the battery life. Building one of these is clearly not quite as straightforward as some folks seem to think...

Cheers, Pete.
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