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The digEplayer 5500 has a 7-inch 16:9 widescreen LCD and comes loaded with about 10 movies, a few TV shows, and over 100 songs, which should be more than enough to keep you busy for the duration of your flight, and is probably more than the poor battery can handle (heaven knows our laptop batteries are looking pretty low after just an hour and a half of watching DivX movies).
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The unibody aluminum laptop boasts a new battery that can handle 1, 000 recharges and should last five years before its life begins to diminish, he said.
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Renault is particularly keen to promote fast-charging stations, along with exchange centres on motorways where depleted batteries can be quickly swapped for another one during long journeys. (This approach is being championed by Better Place, a start-up which has developed robots to handle the battery-swapping process.) Meanwhile the tinkerers are already at work: some are planning to build small, petrol-powered generators which can be towed behind battery-only cars on long trips.
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