With the introduction of new netbooks from MSI, Toshiba, and Samsung, manufacturers are claiming 9 hour battery life on these new models. Testing these units resulted in more like 6.5-7 hour life, but we appear to be inching closer and closer to a netbook that will produce 10 hours of battery life.
Who will be the first to deliver on the 10 hours of battery life? Toshiba and Samsung are getting real close with their new releases; the NB205/210 for Toshiba and the NC20 from Samsung. Another strong possibility is ASUS, they are advertising 9.5 hours of battery life on their 1005HA. Again, it is more around the 7 hour range on most tests I've seen.
The ways the netbook wars are heating up, and with competition fierce, odds are we are close to this 10 hour milestone.
Toshiba 205/210