Pricing and release dates are expected to be officially announced toward the end of March,such as BT.00603.006. Here’s to hoping for something under the $700 mark.

The Taiwanese vendor said it had been made aware that the AS3410, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG models built before 15 September may be at risk of burnout.

“In the affected units the microphone cable may overheat when extreme pressure is applied repeatedly to the left palm rest. As a result, the unit case of aspire one battery may become deformed and the system may malfunction,” said Acer.

Consumers and SMEs can determine if their models are affected by entering a serial number of SNID on a section of its site aspire 3610 battery.

Jeremy Davies, senior partner at analyst Context said Acer was right to be upfront about the issue.

Windows XP Tablet Edition, as it was called, relied on an active digitizer that interacted with a pen-sensitive screen to provide input. This hardware was combined with a suite of software so the digitizer — a fancy name for a mouse in the shape of a pen — could interact with on-screen buttons, as well as write text. Windows XP Tablet Edition was updated in 2005, but the revisions were minor.

More than seven years since that launch, Windows-based tablet computers haven’t evolved into much. The form factors are mostly the same, even though touch technology has leapt forward in capabilities. The new paradigm of computing that Gates spoke of never unfolded. At least, not yet.

Now,Apple(apple A1189) is re-imagining the tablet category with its iPad products. By taking a multitouch approach, Apple macbook pro 17 inch battery has opened up a whole new way to interact with its device.

For some, several features missing from the iPad’s first iteration, call into question its future in an enterprise environment.

For others, the device is “naturally corporate.” Its most fundamental design element — that it can be held with one hand — signals to one analyst, the iPad’s potential to be a great business device. For the enterprise that wants to deploy tablet PCs today, the point is moot. The iPad is months away from shipping.

For enterprises that need tablet power today, out in the real, rough-and-tumble world (including out in the elements), the usual list of suspects has your back. Here are some examples of tablet PCs that are available today from Dell(dell inspiron 1520 battery), HP, Lenovo(lenovo thinkpad t61 battery), Motion Computing, Panasonic, and Xplore Technologies. We’ll also take a peek at what’s on the horizon from Dell, Lenovo, Sony(sony pcga-bp2nx)and HP.

There is an article from Wall Street Journal:

The HP kiosk rollout, which Wal-Mart says will be completed by this summer, will dislodge existing photo booths made by Kodak, which has provided its kiosks to Wal-Mart since at least 2006.Wal-Mart has 8,416 retail units under various brand names in 15 countries. . . .”These kiosks stay installed for nine or 10 years,” H-P Chief Executive Mark Hurd told investors at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday morning. HP(hp pavilion dv5 battery) gets “100% supplies connect,” he said, referring to the sales of the additional printing products.

Not surprisingly, the Kodak folks were less than pleased with Wal-Mart’s decision but turned their anger toward competitor HP instead of decision-maker Wal-Mart as Kodak CMO Jeffrey Hayzlett accused HP pavilion dv6 battery of cratering its prices on printers while keeping them high on refills, reference to  the Journal story.

“I won’t tweet this, but here’s a little news: how the heck do you think the printer business really operates?”,Hey Jeffrey Said.

But it’s still way too easy to run out of juice in flight, or during the course of a long day away from a wall socket. Here are some tips for keeping your IBM laptop running as long as possible when you’re on the go.

Ditch the Peripherals, Tweak Settings

When you’re on the road, you can significantly conserve Thinkpad X40 battery power by dimming your laptop screen’s brightness. Make sure there are no CDs or DVDs sitting in your optical drive, and don’t connect any USB peripherals–all power hogs. Turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 3G networking (you have to do that in flight anyhow).

Also, tweak your laptop’s power settings to conserve your IBM Thinkpad X41 battery. For example, in Windows Vista, go to Control Panel, Power Options and select the “Power saver” setting You can adjust the “Power saver” settings, if you want, or create your own power plan.

Buy a Second Battery

Many laptops today can run off two batteries. When the juice from the primary battery runs dry, the auxiliary kicks in. In most cases, the primary battery comes with the laptop; the second is an optional purchase. For example, HP’s EliteBook 6930p promises up to 24 hours of use from one charge–but only if you attach an optional, external 12-cell ultra-capacity battery pack ($189) as a secondary battery to augment the laptop’s internal, primary six-cell battery (There are other requirements, too, such as the need to downgrade to Windows XP.) Keep in mind that second battery packs, sometimes also called thinkpad r50e battery slices often add bulk and weight to your laptop.

Another option: Buy a portable fru 92p1121 battery pack. I like the Duracell Powersource Mobile 100 (about $110 and up online) because it lets you power a variety of devices, such as laptops, cell phones, portable DVD players, and video cameras, using their own power cords. By comparison, some portable power rechargers require special tips or cables to recharge your gear. The Duracell Powersource can also recharge two USB devices simultaneously with your laptop.

According to the news story, “The Dell inspiron 630m laptop computer seen bursting into flames in photographs on the Internet was being examined as part of the company’s probe of the incident.” The laptop in question exploded at a conference in Osaka, Japan. Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden said that it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion, but ”it did not appear that the incident had anything to do with the battery issues related to the recall [Dell in December 2005 issued a inspiron 640m battery recall for some of the batteries in its laptop due to overheating issues].”

I’ve heard of spontaneous combustion, but I don’t think laptops burst in flames for no apparent reason. Was it a setup? Perhaps there was an HP pavilion dv1000 representative at the conference who rigged the Dell explosion. You never know how tough the competition can get these days…. sheesh!

* New 7200mAh 11.1V Lithium-ion dell laptop battery
* High Capacity Extended life battery
* Manufactured to work with Dell Inspiron 6400, Inspiron E1505
* Compatible with Dell Models:Inspiron 6400, Inspiron E1505

Description: This Dell Lithium-Ion Battery has internal circuit board with chips that allow it to communicate with the laptop to monitor battery performance, output voltage and temperature. This dell inspiron 6400 battery also gives the notebook much more accurate ‘fuel gauge’ capability to determine how much battery runtime is left before the next recharge is required. This dell battery has been tested and validated on Dell systems to ensure it will work with your computer and is compatible with Dell Inspiron series notebook computers. Note:This Dell 6400 battery is not compatible with Dell Inspiron 6000 battery and it just only can be used as a replacement battery for Inspiron 6400,Inspiron E1505.

Inspiron 6400 battery specifications:
* Chemistry:Lithium-Ion
* Voltage:11.1V
* Capacity:7200mAh
* Dimension:205 x 72 x 22.7mm
* Weight:542g
* Color:Black

The Acer Aspire 3000 laptop computer offers best in class performance, compatibility with all the applications, flexibility with all features that meet the needs of your mobile lifestyle and takes full advantage of AMD PowerNow! Technology. It features everything for rapid access to online information both in the office and when located elsewhere.

The Aspire 3000 uses a 4400mAh,14.80V standard Acer laptop battery to power the laptop,usually,the battery lasts almost 3 hours and is compatible with aspire 1690 battery.

Acer Aspire 3000 Specifications:
AMD Sempron 3000+ Processor
256MB DDR SDRAM
40GB Hard Drive
CD-RW/DVD/DVRW Combo Drive
15″ XGA TFT Screen
SiSM760GX Graphics
Integrated Fast LAN and 56k v.90 data fax modem
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Pre Loaded
3 USB 2.0 Sockets
15″ TFT Screen
On Board 56K Fax / Modem
Integrated 10/100 LAN Adaptor
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Pre Loaded

HP F4809A technical details:

• Chemistry:Lithium-Ion
• Voltage:14.80V
• Capacity:4400mAh
• Dimension:134.40 x 95.00 x 21.80 mm
• Weight:389.50g
• Color:Black

This Pavilion ZE5000 battery uses the highest quality battery cells and specially designed and tested to meet the power needs of HP notebook PC.It can act as a replacement battery for the oem F4098A,F4809A and F4812A battery parts.

Pavilion ZE5000 battery specs:

• Chemistry:Lithium-Ion(Li-ion)
• Voltage:14.80V
• Capacity:4400mAh
• Dimension:134.40 x 95.00 x 21.80 mm
• Weight:389.50g
• Color:Black