Up until today, the Kohjinsha SA1 held the UMPCPortal title of ‘Most efficient ultra mobile PC in the world.’ In fact I was quite confident in calling it the worlds most efficient PC. Full stop. What happened today to change that though? I saw this image of the OQO Model 02 battery…
Click to enlarge. Image via Tnkgrl.
I’m seeing a 16W/hr battery there. 3.7V x 4500mah = 16.65W/hr capacity right? That’s just over half the size of the battery on a Q1 Ultra and less than half the capacity of the battery on the Flipstart.
The VIA UMD platform is efficient, I know that, and until now its not really been used to its limits.but in this report from The Gadgeteer (great review) they talk about 2.5 hours real world usage with the 16W/hr battery. Excuse me, did you just say that the QOQ Model O2 consumes an average of 6.6 watts of power? That’s twice as efficient (half the power drain) of an Intel based Q1P, i7210 or even the first-gen VIA-based Amtek T700 and really quite amazing. As a cross-check, I’ve had a word with Kenrick who has also done extensive testing and reporting and he tells me that even with Wifi on, Bluetooth on and and full screen brightness he still gets 2 hours. He’s even managed to stretch it out to 2 hours 50 minutes with careful use of power saving features. Thats an average of less than 6W drain! These sort of drain rates are potentially lower than can be achieved using Intel’s UMP 2007 platform and shows what can be done with quality engineering. Today!
The OQO Model 02 is getting more and more attractive every day. Well done VIA and OQO. I love seeing quality engineering and you’ve just set a new benchmark. Why didn’t you mention this before? It should be part of your marketing.
