The specs estimate it at 9 hours which seems to be prity good for a 7 incher.
The estimated time is 8-9 hours for video playback, and 300 hours idle time (not in use). For e-reading, browsing the internet, and general app usage you will probably get anywhere from 10-12 hours.
My EEE Transformer has 12 hours (with docking) and a touchpad and keyboard docking station. Pretty much the only work tool I use while travelling.
The Transformer is good, though I'm probably giving mine to a friend when I get the Transformer Prime Infinity. Hoping they upgrade the RAM before they release it though.
It is running android 4 now, was released with android 3, so it has been pretty good. Not sure when they will stop releasing for them. I have the original though, not the Prime one...
Asus is one of the better ones at updating, as their changes are rarely intensive enough (Generally they just add additional tools and support for things).
That's prity good then considering.
I remembering purchasing a htc desire (no longer have it) at the same time my husband got his and he's still on android 2.2. I know it's not a tablet but it's a concern I have with all android powered hardware and a reason why I think they lack in that department. It is probably a major factor for the increased global activations but the tablet you have is the tablet I did originally set my eyes on for a while now but held back primarily because of bad experiences with my htc being stuck on an old OS.
Anyway, thanks for the the info. Hopefully I won't have this issue with the N7 when it arrives and the tablet gets OTA updates much like apple products do to keep the tablet/device uptodate.
HTC didn't update their older phones all that much (Which sucks, the Desire was an awesome phone). HTC, Samsung or any of the Nexus products will generally get updates fairly quickly. They also all have the best hardware.
I just got the Galaxy Nexus phone, replaced my Desire Z, mostly because I hope google is better than HTC to update.... Asus has been good though, the 3 series always got updates just around when they were released by Google. The 4 update took some time, but as that is a bigger update, I can understand that.
HTC has always been crap with updates though, I had a HTC Windows Phone (6, about the worst phone I have ever had), and that didn't get updated either, at all..
HTC is a bit better with their newer phones. I still don't go with them much because Beats audio pretty much blows, and I hate the use of gimmicks now (Though the kickstand is cool).
Talking full Windows OS tablets not phones. As noted, Android phone manufacturers likewise require dumping the old phone to get the lastest Android OS. This is also true of the Android tablets to a large degree.
Netbooks are horrible. Ultrabooks and full power laptops are nice. A full powered, full OS tablet, now that should be a big seller.
Few use a tablet as a phone. Many use a tablet as a laptop.
Microsoft fragmented their mobile market with the announcement of no upgrade path for Windows Phone 7 to Windows 8. They also have a lot of people who are not going to use their platform anymore, when they already have a negligible market share.
Also, phone updates are in the hands of the OEM, the same OEM's that are creating Window Phone products. If they choose not to update in a timely manner they will not update. Androids biggest flaw is that carriers have so much control and dictate changes for flagship devices. When you have a different device for every carrier with different hardware, it's going to cost more to update, which is a big issue as to why many devices get slow or no updates at all.
You're also generalizing ALL OEM's together, and where it is actually select OEM (At least for worldwide market) such as LG and Motorola (Who will probably be forced to update due to being owned by Google now). OEM's like HTC, Samsung, Asus, Acer and Toshiba (The last three mostly do tablets) are rather consistent with updating their newer hardware.
Most older phones aren't supported due to low RAM (The Samsung Nexus S almost didn't get Ice Cream Sandwich for example), underpowered CPU or other hardware issues. This is the same as Microsoft not upgrading their whole Windows Phone 7 line due to hardware restrictions (They kept phones under powered, even knowing that they would need better hardware in the future), or with how Apple releases dumb downed updates to different devices because the hardware isn't supported, or just to keep certain features limited to the newest devices (Like how Siri was exclusive to the 4S).
Most people
do not use their tablet as a laptop, they use it as a laptop alternative for things like email, reading and surfing the web. Tablets, no matter what they are, cannot completely replace a laptop or desktop due to being underpowered, and not efficient at specific tasks (I wouldn't ever type a lot on a tablet for example). You can replace specific tasks, but you cannot replace more resource intensive ones with mobile devices.
