It's all theoretical based on lab stress tests and some kind of use case that is often poorly defined or unrealistic.

Sadly, a lot of SSD manufacturers determine MTBF numbers with the test criteria simply being "powered on" - with no mention of read/write cycles.

Do you seriously believe that $20 of duracells could fully charge a notebook 10 times?

And damn that pesky technological innovation and the premium that comes with, I want my zinc plates and salt water back!

Very nice.

While I haven't been a Verizon Customer for many years, they had by far the best coverage. I've tried just about all the major carriers, Sprint, Att/Cingular, Voicestream/T-Mobile, etc...

Also, signing contract extensions is a non-issue for those who are happy with their service providers and aren't intending to leave them anytime soon. I suspect that the majority of Verizon's customers ARE happy, otherwise they would no longer be in business.

Then when you go to actually drive your car (as Apple's use case will be to leave the eye candy parked in the garage), Apple will void the warranty and later release an update that renders it inoperable.

It's an enormous pain in the ass to get user removeable batteries and their compartments certified by various regulatory bodies. It can cause delays in the product release as a custom battery has a huge lead time, leaving next to no time to get it certified.

Delays are often costlier than a handful of ticked off customers, so I can completely understand Apple's decision.

Am I the only one who is now questioning Engadget's credibility as a reputable news source? Between this and a few irresponsible posts last week regarding lasers, I'm really wondering where the integrity is.

An exploit is an exploit, regardless of if it involves big evil corps like Dell and Microsoft. If I wanted to see this type of stuff I'd be at SD or FW.

Considering most riders are either deaf due to wind noise or were smart enough to wear ear plugs to prevent going deaf due to wind noise - situational awareness doesn't change a whole lot adding music to the mix.

Avago is American (Formerly the Semi Conductor arm of Agilent, formerly HP). I saw a prototype of this in action at the Fort Collins, CO Campus - I was under the impression that they were the group developing it.

Same here!