These are key differentiators that make A4WP's option a very tempting one for the general user.

ENGADGET: Hands-on with Alliance for Wireless Power's charging pad prototypes

Until now all these devices have been one-off prototypes, but CUPP's partnering with Origin to make the PunkThis board available as an option on the EON11-S. The machine we played with was a pre-production unit using CUPP's single core ARM module running Gingerbread, but the company is working on a multi-core version with Jelly Bean.

ENGADGET: Origin and CUPP wed x86 and ARM in 11-inch gaming laptop, we go hands-on (video)

It is understood one option being given serious consideration to help make the savings is to cut back on people's entitlement to care services.

BBC: Bristol City Council 'to cut budget by ?25m'