Asus Eee PC 1008P shipping with two batteries?
February 4, 2010 at 1:17 pm
The Asus Eee PC 1008P-KR (Karim Rashid) netbook may be shipping with two batteries in parts of mainland Europe. The 1008P has been spotted as sporting two 3-cell 2900mAh batteries in Italian retailer Asus World.
This means buyers will get a quoted battery time of 12 hours (6 hours per battery). This hasn’t been confirmed yet so I’d take the news with a pinch of salt for now, but it’s great news for consumers if true. The Eee PC 1008P is available in the UK right now in low quantities for around the £340 mark.
Update: It looks like it is true, check the comments below (thanks Steffen and Stefano!)
Via Netbook Italia.
February 4th, 2010 1:46 PM
Yes it does ship with two batteries, that’s also what Asus says themself. We already checked the battery life in a test: http://www.mobicroco.de/hersteller-und-modelle/eee-pc-1008p-kr-mit-zwei-akkus-im-ausdauer-test/7559.html
Cheers,
Steffen
February 4th, 2010 1:49 PM
via netbookitalia… this guys only clone the news from eeepc.it who have reiceved the official news from a spokesman of asus italy…
February 6th, 2010 8:12 AM
I have this netbook i have no defects in it the battery and ac charger are pretty good no big problams SO far so yeah pretty kool
March 5th, 2010 7:58 PM
Bought the Asus Eee PC 1008P today in the UK (Currys Digital) and it definitely came with only one battery. Also, they were advertising it in store as having 8+ hours battery life yet it’s obvious it’s going to be less than 6. Nice machine but not the battery life I wanted.