Hi Mike
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>>thx for the detailed [mostly snipped] update - sounds more interesting. One of the things we wondered about was the
>>time able to work offline: still in the 4-5H range specified for the prototypes ?
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>Actually, from my experience, the 4-5 hr battery life is a bit optimistic. 3.5 is what I'm experiencing. Mind you it will all depend on the settings and what you're doing with the device. I've shut off Bluetooth but left WiFi on which will tend to drain the battery faster but I can live with that. I've set the brightness all the way down to "0" and in a darkened room (like when I'm using the device in bed) that even seems too bright!

Sounds like a reasonable way to work: tablet on 1 leash is the most I can imagine and AFAIK it cannot load the battery if the leash is POE. The other cable based internet option would be a switch transforming USB to internet while still loading the tablet via USB similar to running a 2.5 disk on the energy drawn directly via USB. Can the ExoPC utilize the USB to load or minimzie battery drain ?
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>I'm very curious about the new tablets announced at CES2011 and how their battery life hold up. Some are Windows; others Android; some dual core CPUs; some have real HDDs. Definitely interesting times ahead for the tablet/slate market!

You are not the only one... I am mostly curious if a "double boot" tablet will show up, where the user can decide on current need wehther to boot into android [casual browsing/reading - needs an android for X86] or windoze[specific apps needed on the slate...]

regards

thomas