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Originally Posted by Surur
Either way they will need some clever software to make this a successful device. I understand the caching software on an Ipod is so good that normally you get 8-10 hours, but if you run the HDD non-stop you can only get 15 minutes.
If they don't replicate this performance then there will be many LifeDrive users who are upset at their daily bricks.
Surur
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You make an excellent point Surur. I have been playing around with an OQO as a potential replacement for my PPC. However, playing media (MP3, WMA, AVI, etc) sucks the batttery life down too quickly to make it really usable in this way. That's because it doesn't copy these files into RAM before playing them, it simply reads from the hard disk, which keeps spinning burning battery juice for the entire time.
Hopefully P1 thought of this, or this device could really become an unusable brick. I agree with others comments - I want Palm to succeed, as competition is good - just look at how neglected Internet Explorer has been over the last few years. If Palm dies, it wouldn't surprise if the same happens to our Mobile devices.