On 2008-10-20, Andy Burns wrote:
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:57:22 -0700 (PDT),
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The article is a load of ******** regarding the battery.
Which is a shame 'cos the inclusion of a Battery would've made it even
more of a little bad boy!

Weird then, the photo on the Huawei site shows it being used "cordless"
apparently in a coffee shop or similar ...

I noticed that too.

Perhaps the makers intended to build in a battery and charging circuit,
but then didn't. Or do for some markets but not for others. Or it really
is there, but not working for some reason.

I just looked at the bottom of a WiFi router that runs off a mains
adaptor; the power requirement is described as "15V 1A". A 950mAh battery
(as claimed on the web page 'linked' in the OP), even if puts out 15V,
would probably struggle to power that for as long as an hour - and that's
without having to power a mobile phone system 'dongle' as well. To get a
really useful (ie a few hours) battery life, would require a fairly
substantial battery pack - which would make the whole gadget a lot bigger
and heavier (and more expensive) if the battery was built in.

For comparison, the battery in my mobile phone (roughly equivalent to the
'dongle' alone, without the router and WiFi aspects of the gadget in
question) is rated at 3.7V 860mAh.

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