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£10 Battery Upgrade For UK Eee PC 900 Owners

Posted by kdawson on from the doing-the-rght-thing dept.

Ken E. writes "Asus has backed down in the face of complaints from UK Eee PC 900 owners about the ultra-portable's low-capacity battery. Confusing statements posted in online reviews led buyers to believe that they would get a larger capacity battery than they actually did — and they weren't happy. Asus has, however, made a conciliatory gesture by extending a £10 high-capacity battery upgrade offer. Mobile Computer has the full announcement, plus quite a bit of background on how this fuss all got started. The batteries will be available June 10 and in the meantime Eee PC owners can download a BIOS update that Asus claims will add half an hour to battery life."

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  1. genius. by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 5, Funny

    unlimited battery life.. just keep downloading BIOS updates to add half hours to your battery life..

    1. Re:genius. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      With all the money I've sank into that stuff, I calculate that my next game will be coming in at -5 strokes.

    2. Re:genius. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

      Buy some more and you needn't play at all anymore!

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  2. Oh, 10 pounds sterling, not 10 lbs! by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 3, Funny

    I caught the RSS title of this story and it appeared that Asus is making a 10 pound heavy battery! I thought for a second that luggables were making a comeback!

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    1. Re:Oh, 10 pounds sterling, not 10 lbs! by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, you gringos and your funny non-metric measurement systems...

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