http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/ Engadget Comments for NorhTech Gecko netbook loaded up with AAs and booted http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/At 1.5 voltage... You should always use watt hours when comparing batteries.
So its. 1.5x20amh = 30 watt hours. Which is around half of what my 13 inch macbook pro has. Not bad, but 30 watt hours is on a very good day. Expect something like a 3 cell battery.]]>Dec 28th 2009 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Yes, and even earlier. NiCd is pretty old technology.]]>Dec 28th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/
sorry but no..]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/
unless... yes?]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/
yes?]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_8n2Qgguto]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/But maybe some of those cheap netbooks are 'cheating' and using NiMH sometimes, can't say with certainty they don't.]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/
AA batteries are physically different than the 18650-type Li-ion rechargeable cells most commonly used in laptops. Fail moar.]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/]]>Dec 29th 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/If that was ARM with an OLED screen, however, you'd be looking on the order of days.

I use my Droid for irc, can't wait for a native Android bittorent client so I can use it for that too.]]>Dec 28th 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/The processor is designed for low power consumption. It only uses 1.2 watts of power.
Architecture is no proper indication of battery consumption, batteries last a (reported) 4 hours.]]>Dec 28th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 28th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/
When my friend's notebook battery died, he ordered a new one. While he was waiting I ripped it open, unsoldered all them--And they all looked exactly like normal AA's and put in a bunch of rechargeable in their place and soldered those in.

It worked and had a decent battery life (about 2, 2 and a half hours) until he got the new one which bumped it up to about 3 hours. Not bad for a hackjob with a knife and a dollarstore soldering gun.]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/No, no you didn't. Li-ion cells are 3.7v each, while NiMH cells are only 1.2v. So not only would you have to jam 3x the number of AA in there as the number of cells you had, but you can't use a Li-ion charger on NiMH cells - you'd toast the mobo (charging system), and the AAs would probably leak.]]>Dec 29th 2009 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/@Wwhat

Lithium ion Duracell batteries and I http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/rebuilding-laptop-battery followed this.

Worked fine for me. Would you like me to gladly send you the pictures I took as well?]]>Dec 29th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/]]>Dec 29th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctimYiagmcw&feature=channel]]>Dec 29th 2009 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/
I do hope that these are real, tho. I want one.]]>Dec 29th 2009 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/If you want you can run a regular battery pack for it anyway since they have one. ]]>Dec 29th 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/
This looks interesting as a "first step" into hacking a notebook, modding etc...]]>Dec 29th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 29th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/norhtech-gecko-netbook-loaded-up-with-aas-and-booted/Dec 30th 2009 6:06AM