Yaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooo!!!!! How could anyone have doubted RIM really, but still nice to know.

I was just thinking about the battery life! nice post

I'm impressed! We just might have a winner if this is the case.

GREAT NEWS.

10 hours of continuous use is plenty. It's not mind-blowingly awesome but it will definitely get the job done.

Sweet. I was going to wait till they arrived in the stores, but I think I may pre-order NOW.

10 Hrs is excellent.. I'm assuming standby time will be a lot longer.. I would not have expected any less from RIM. Great JoB!

Sweetttt... this definitely makes me happy after pre ordering 2...

Continual use of what?

If based on running a video.....then this is awesome news as moderate to light use users will get a ton of time.

If it is continual use of email and lighter tasks, then it is still ok news. But not great.

We'll see.....

Whats the world without a critic ! what amount of hours would you find pleasing exactly ?
compared to what device ?

Nice to hear only crickets from the haters' camp. Well done RIM

Already preordered. Can't wait to rub this in my brothers face for 10 hours while he sits there with his iPad.

im still debating if i should drop $500 for this

10 hours that's awesome! And with continues use! That's freaking awesome and better as my torch i might just get one of those puppy's!l

RIM has been a leader as far as battery efficiency goes, so this is not surprising. Waiting patiently for my Gadgets of the year, playbook + bold touch!

Posted from my os 6'd out powerhorse 9700!

Ordered !

Let see, the iPad 2 has a confirmed 10 hours of battery life with 693 mAh per inch of screen (6930 mAh battery with 10" screen), the playbook comes out at 757 mAh per inch of screen (5300 mAh battery with a 7" screen), looks like 10+ hours is in the realm of possibilities for the Playbook!

10 hours good but what if the batterry of the BlackBerry that we use for tethering dies earlier? O_o (That will happen I know from my devices. Even without Bluetooth their battery life sucks.)

Nice! I canceled my ipad2 order yesterday. Crazy but true. I am not a blackberry user but the playbook blows the ipad2 out of the water.

This is great news but I really doubt it would pull 10 hrs with bluetooth and wifi both on. If it makes 7+ hrs with those on, I would be satisfied.

Definitely AWESOME!

Even tho people are doubtfully about the 10 hours, would the 7 or 8 hours be that bad, most of my devices right now wont make it more than 4 hours if that of continues use. So to me to have it run over twice as long would be quite amazing to see! I would just love to test one out already and see first hand what it will do, videos are one thing but its so different when its right infront of you.

10 HOURS of "continuous" use is marvelous......I wouldn't expect anything less from a high powered "portable" tablet

I'm curious as to what our friend Shawn Wu is doing right now... Is he gloating that he is right that RIM was not going to launch in Q1? Or hiding with this news of 10hrs battery life of continuous use...

Seriously folks unless you're traveling on a plane for 6+ hours... just plug it in and charge it. No big deal.
If your work/life conditions require knowing how the 10 hours might break down when actually using wifi, all the apps, sufring the net, making calls and playing music all at the same time.., you are a multitasking machine and you might just need to buy two.

did the post say it supports BBOS6 and JAVA???
that means bbOS6 apps can and will work on the PB?

This is great, after all, the only time I'll be using the PlayBook for more than 10 hours a day will be the first week ;) . After that I don't care about the battery life as long as it's at least 5-6 hours, and preferably able to record 4-5 hours of video on a single charge (though for that I could bring a charger...)

I just placed a pre-order on Best Buy. This was my last lingering doubt so I hope it's legit.

Any idea when RIM will be sending out review units??

I completely agree with Jean-Luc_Picard, everyone will max out there new PB the first week and after the honeymoon wears off and people get back to there regular routine, most (85%) will not be on ANY device for 10+ continuous hours unless your flying across the pacific and your not sleeping. So when we all get back to the regular bump and grind of everyday life I think 10+ hours is more than sufficient even if it drops to 7 or 8+ hours, plus with all the accessories or extra chargers that we all will buy for the PB this seems more than adequate.
Besides I will bet nickels to dollars that if anyone has there phone tethered to the PB it will be stationery and be plugged in so why not plug in the PB as well and do what you do!
Still gonna wait for the 4G version, so you all let me know for sure what kind of batt life you get!

Yes you can all thank me and CB .. yesterday i was chatting with a staples rep. online and ask her what the battery life was.... it took me an hour of chatting but now you know ... :P Your all welcome...

Continual is not the same as continuous.
Review your English.
Continual means intermittent but repetitive use.

Here's some food for thought. The Playbook will be $499 US and CDN (hey, RIM figured out the dollar is about par) So the way I see it the Ipad2 is $519CDN + $39 US for the A/V adaptor for a total of $558 (plus CDN markup up unless Apple learnt to convert currency).
So a savings before taxes of $59, thats 12% cheaper for the Playbook than Ipad2 (is it a new Ipad or just revised Ipad1? not really much different other than 1 ghz and bit more RAM).
And in case the battery doesn't last 10 hours or meet your needs, monoprice has a micro USB backup battery for $13.28 US. Good idea to have anyways for your smartphone and earpiece.
I am leaning towards Playbook, much more portable than 10" tablets and can hook up to HDTV for presentations, no need for my laptop on the road.
OH, and I assume since it has a micro USB port you can use a USB drive for portable storage, so buy the 16GB and get a drive with 16GB for $30-40 (just need a cheap USB to Micro USB adaptor or double female USB adaptor to use USB drive)

Cheers
MD

I'm not really into the Tablet PC thing... So I'm not very interested in the Playbook. However I would like to see the software come to the smartphones! :-D

Not sure how much weight it has but if you look at the picture, there's a messages, calendar, and contacts icons/apps in it and no sign of a BB synced to it.

Is this a typo error?

"If it's 10 hours with continual use, we can only IMAGE what the "down time" battery life will be."

Let's hope RIM can deliver on these specs. I would love to get my hands on one too.

i'm leaning to BS on 10 hrs of use per charge... my buddy who works for rim in waterloo says the battery currently is horrendous and still working on it. software related issue but should be fixed up close to the deadline... 10hrs down the road after they release a few software updates! lol

Staples says 8 hours....hmmmm

The Playbook has the "bridge" option to access e-mail and BBM. I would like to know if we can use tethering for web browsing on the Playbook, specifically the tethering application sold on this site.

6 hours in standby without going into airplane mode.... watch what apps you install..I apparently have some app installed that kills my battery even when in standby unless I put it into airplane mode. And yes I have agreed to the terms and conditions for the native video chat app (which only seems to work if I have 95% or greater battery charge).... Ive had the PB for only a few months now and according to battery guru my battery health is already down to 86%.... at this rate i'll need to have the battery replaced / replace the whoel playbook I guess??? within the year. 200$ a year for a new playbook battery doesnt sound too cost efficient to me.