Despite the official word that the iPad battery would last 10 hours, most reviewers have found that the battery lasts longer and is much more powerful than expected.

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPad in January he claimed that the battery would last a full 10 hours, which many thought was unexpectedly long. And unlike most portable devices, the iPad battery actually lasts longer than Apple predicted.

Reviewers from the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others, found that the battery lasted for more than 10 hours after it was put under normal strain. One reviewer played movies on the iPad for a continuous 12 hours before the battery died.

iFixit took the device apart and discovered that the power of the iPad is actually due to the use of two batteries, each similar in size to current iPhone batteries. But unlike the iPhone, each battery contains nearly 2.5 times the power and capacity, making the iPad five times more powerful than the current iPhone.

While the iPad batteries are larger than the iPhone’s, Gizmodo pointed out that the next iPhone could be getting more power in the future as Apple continues to increase the speed and efficiency of its batteries.

Apple knows that battery life has long been a common concern for mobile device users and has taken efforts to make sure that users aren’t disappointed by the iPad’s battery, which many expected to have a similar life expectancy of a laptop battery.

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Want to convert your FLV videos to iPad friendly format and then enjoy them on your new iPad’s big, beautiful, Multi-Touch LED screen? It’s a hassle to get all the way to the end only to discover that your video file won’t play on your iPad. I recommend iSkysoft iPad Video Converter for Mac, which provide optimized presets for your iPad so you don’t need to worry about the settings for your iPad.

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3 simple steps to convert FLV videos to iPad format on Mac OS X
Step1. Add FLV files to iPad Video Converter for Mac

Drag files to the iPad Video Converter for Mac or click the Add File button to import FLV files.

Step2. Select iPad preset from format list

Choose iPad Video MP4 as output format from output format list and the resulting movie will look quite nice on iPad big screen.

Step3. Hit convert to start video to iPad conversion on OS X

Bingo! That’s it! When the conversion is done you can upload the output videos to your iPad and enjoy it any time you like! This professional Video to iPad Converter for Mac is specially design for Apple iPad, aiming to enable iPad users an exquisite experience of viewing HD videos on their iPad’s widescreen.

iPad video parameter
H.264 video: up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG): up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.