So how can you provide your input into the controversial “battery life metric” discussion?

It has been nearly two weeks since AMD engaged the community to ask for their feedback on how the industry should evolve notebook battery life metrics. I have received many questions on where folks can send their feedback and follow the discussion.

Below I have listed some key destinations for discussion.

AMD Blogs

• Nigel Dessau’s high-level notebook battery life blog : Objects in the Toolbar May Be Further Away Than They Seem
• Hal Speed’s detailed notebook battery life blog: There has to be a Better Way

Press and Community Discussions (sampling)

• Slashdot: AMD: ‘we’re not entirely honest’ about batteries
• Engadget: AMD proposes new laptop battery life metrics, Intel is like “whatevs”
• TweakTown: AMD wants to talk battery life with Intel
• The Inquirer: Intel: consumers not bright enough for discussion
• Chris Brogan: An Important Conversation About Conversations
• Icrontic: A Look at AMD’s daring Social media Strategy
• Hot Hardware: Why Are Notebook Batteries So Misleading?
• Wall Street Journal: AMD: Why No One Believes Estimates for Laptop Battery Life
• Tom’s Hardware: AMD: Let’s Revamp Laptop Battery Metrics
• PC Pro: AMD admits industry “not entirely honest” about battery life
• GadgetSteria: “We Lie so you’ll buy our products”
• Notebooks.com: Time for More Battery Life Metrics
• PC Authority: AMD: ‘we are not being entirely honest’ about battery life
• InformationWeek: AMD Proposes Better Battery Life Tests
• Technology Blog: AMD Wants to Revise Laptop Battery Metrics
• TechSpot: AMD calls for new battery measurement standard
• IT Pro: AMD executive admits the industry is “not entirely honest” on the subject of battery life
• Fudzilla: AMD tries to spark a “false battery-life” discussion. Intel doesn’t.
• Thinkpads: AMD Calls for new battery life standards
• The Independent: Why don’t batteries last as long as they’re supposed to?
• Uber.la: Battery Life: Does Anybody Really Care What Time It Is? – Until Their Laptop Goes Black?

Or, of course, you can use Twitter, but be sure to use the #batterylife hashtag so people can easily follow.  You can also follow the “notebook or laptop battery life” discussion on Twitter here.

In the next few weeks we will be organizing all of the inputs and will share these with you in an organized fashion. We will also be soliciting feedback from our customers. Until then, keep the conversation going! Unlike other major technology companies, we believe that blogs are good forums to have these conversations, and gauging from your responses, I think a great many of you agree.

Pat Moorhead is Vice President of Advanced Marketing at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such linked sites and no endorsement is implied.