Working at the office never felt so good
Just added the T-Mobile Hotspot service to my account this morning since I knew I’d be out and about. I’m sitting at our local Borders with my Samsung Q1P using the extended battery (good for at least 5 hours), my ThinkOutside Bluetooth keyboard, and the Beatles on my Zune. I’m a coffee addict, so I have some of Seattle’s Best; I’m sure the WaWa folks will forgive me just this once. WiFi speeds are snappy enough: 1.5 Mbps up and down. With my spare, standard battery I can use the Q1P for another 2.5 to 3 hours if I needed to, but it’s already mid-afternoon so I don’t think I’ll need that.
Making matters worse: the coffee-shop boys just walked around with free samples of Apple Pie and some kind of Peach / Mango concoction. I know I need to be home for dinner, but I might be late tonight….it’s good to be mobile. ;) I’ll be working here at Borders in Montgomeryville, PA for the next few hours, so on the off chance you’re in the area, look for the UMPC.
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Hi Kevin, have you noticed any difference in the battery life with the 2 gb ram in the Q1 vs the 1 gb?
Thanks,
Charlie Thomas
Charlie, I haven’t had a chance to test that yet, but I haven’t seen any noticeable change in power usage. AFAIK, a PC is going to supply/use the same power to the RAM port regardless of how much RAM is in the slot. It’s constantly in use at the same voltage from what I understand but if I’m incorrect, I’m sure someone will address my statement and set me straight. ;)
Ahh, welcome to the mocha side, Kevin.
That’s just awesome, too bad i’m wayyy in the other side of the country or i’d join you with my Q1. I’m still trying to think up a name for it and i still need to make that overdue trip to fry’s for the 2gb sodimm. I’ll try to get vista ultimate installed this weekend. thanks.
Kevin,
You have me curious now. I hear tales of James blogging surreptitiously during long boring but bill-paying meetings at Big Oil Co., and Matt Miller is some sort of Marine Salvage, treasure-hunter dude. What does KCT do to pay the bills?
Tax Man, who does…taxes
Tax Man, you’re assuming KCT pays bills. ;)
No Bluetooth headphones? Color me unimpressed…
>>Tax Man, you’re assuming KCT pays bills. ;)
I now understand why you are “on the run”! LOL
I think you’d be happier with a larger screen and built-in keyboard. ;)
Question from a pen freak: what’s the pen in the picture? :)