I posted about looking to the newer Atom based machines to solve the last couple of problems I had with my EeePC. I could not wait however, falling foul of finding a review on EeeUser.com for the new 6600mAh batteries available from Cameron Sino, available for a very reasonable price from Clove Technology. I snapped one up as quick as I can, and after a small delay due to stock issues I received it today.
I must say that it has made the machine slightly heavier, but not unduly so, and it now has a little sticky out bit as described in the article but I think it has given me more in return. I have been testing it tonight by running it on battery after a full charge. It ran for 3 hours and 10 minutes with a moderate screen brightness level and running at 85% front side bus gearing, as opposed to 70% of the standard setup. The battery ran down to 30% but then went off a cliff to 10% very quickly. The usage was pretty much continuous Internet access over my T-Mobile 3G USB dongle during that time, with a bit of iPlayer as well for 30 minutes, and constant Twitter/Friendfeed updating, and with Windows XP. Pretty happy, and will look into running it ultra low power on the 70% setting to see how much improvement that gives. I am however a little concerned at that cliff from 30% to 10% in around five minutes. Will look into that over time.
