Both Bigbeaks and Ctitanic have received their extended battery solutions for the Tablet Kiosk v7110.
As expected, 6-cells instead of three is doubling the battery life up to over 3 hours minumum. Thats about 4 hours under normal conditions and up to 5 hours in low-use scenarios.
Guys. How’s the extra weight (around 250gms was my guess) and extra bulk. Is it still hand-holdable?
This model battery should fit the Paceblade Easybook P7, Ago7, It’s and all other re-badged Amtek T700s.
Regards
Steve / Chippy.
September 8th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
It’s noticeable heavier up to the point that I think that a 9 cell battery won’t be comfortable at all to hold it and will be a big marketing failure.
September 8th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
The problem is with the location of the battery in the top. The either weight and the battery shape unbalance the gravity center of the device up to a point where it’s not longer comfortable to hold of for long period of times.
September 8th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
replace either weight by extra weight
September 9th, 2006 at 12:15 am
I agree with Frank’s take on the extra weight/bulk. The positioning is such that the battery makes the unit much more top-heavy, thus it just isn’t as comfortable for handheld operation.
I think the extended battery is a must-have for occasions away from the charger for longer periods of time, but I still expect to use the standard battery for a lot of my day-to-day use. It simply is more comfortable to use.
My instinct is that the 9-cell battery may be pretty close to unusable hand-held. It could be a worthwhile purchase for those that need very extended, uninterupted battery life, but I would expect that battery would mainly be for table-top use.
September 9th, 2006 at 12:22 am
Interesting.
Thanks for the feedback. I wouldn’t have expected it to have so much impact on the hand-held experience.
Would you say that maybe an external battery pack that plugs into the DC port (Frank you have one right?) is better?
Regards
Steve.