Stone3 Dual USB Powerbank
Company: Powerocks
Works with: iPad, iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, plus various other phones and tablets
Price: $99.99
Magic Cube
Company: Powerocks
Works with: iPod, iPhone, most smart phones, and other small devices
Price: $74.99
We use our iDevices on a regular basis: reading and sending email, checking our Facebook page and Twitter stream, searching for driving directions or the closest pizza parlor. As a result the battery drains quicker than we’d like. A spare battery pack would be quite a useful purchase. I was recently sent two battery packs for review. The first one is the Powerocks Stone3 Dual USB Powerbank.
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Tim Robertson and David Cohen talk about the changes to Microsoft Office licensing, battery life of the iPad with constant use, and the Sony Playstation 4 announcement.
RichardSolo 1800 for iPhone
Company: RichardSolo
Price:
$69.95
http://richardsolo.com/
mophie Juice Pack for iPhone 3G
Company: mophie
Price:$99.95
http://www.mophie.com
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CableJive iPhone and iPod Charge Converter
Company: CableJive
Price: $37.00
http://cablejive.com
Scosche passPORT
Company: Scosche Inc.
Price: $29.99
http://scosche.com
I was a Day One iPhone purchaser, and I loved it from the beginning. When the 3G iPhone was introduced, I was able, barely, to resist its siren song. I told myself that long wait times for some of my most-visited web sites to load was OK. I told myself that the fair-to-middling accuracy of the Map application without GPS was acceptable. iPhone version 1 forever! However, a good friend let me use his 3G iPhone for a couple of hours, and the siren song grew louder. I was able to resist for one reason only. Apple, in its infinite wisdom, changed the dock pinouts; original iPhones use 18 volt (FireWire) power, and 3G iPhones use 12 volt (USB) power.
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My iPod Mini Battery Adventure
Company: Other World Computing
Price: Variable-Depends on the iPod and shipping method
http://www.macsales.com
I’ve had an original first gen ipod mini for several years now. I have not replaced it with a newer iPod, simply because it provides everything I need an iPod for, and that is music. For me, watching a movie on a 2.5” screen just doesn’t cut it. If Apple ever comes out with a bigger screen iPod, I might rethink that. But I digress….
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