TekCharge MP1800 delivers 14.8 Watt-hours per charge through a standard USB port. The battery connects through a mini USB port to a mobile device in two ways: via an adapter that mates with the power port, or using the device’s own USB cable, bypassing the need for an extra adapter. To combat the shortage of electrical plugs in most hotel rooms, TekCharge MP1800 charges a connected device at the same time its battery is being charged.
TekCharge MP1800 includes a voltage regulator so it won’t harm the connected device or its battery. A color coded LED provides the charge status, and TekCharge MP1800 even has a white LED flashlight at one end.
“Like our popular myPower™ ALL line of external laptop batteries/chargers, TekCharge MP1800 is universal so it can be used with different types of devices, including most mobile phones, iPhone, iPod, Zune®, MP3 players, portable CD players, and Bluetooth headsets,” says Jerry Yang, president of Tekkeon, Inc. “In fact, supplying up to 800mA, TekCharge MP1800 goes 60% beyond most portable batteries which provide 5V at 500mA, so there aren’t many devices it can’t both run and charge.”
TekCharge MP1800 comes with a handy tote, plus eight adapter tips for connection to:
- Blackberry (mini USB)
- LG mobile phones
- Motorola mobile phones (mini USB and Micro USB)
- Nokia mobile phones
- Samsung mobile phones
- Sony Ericsson mobile phones
Using the device USB cable eliminates the need for a specific adapter; however, additional
adapters are available from the Tekkeon store for devices with a USB cable.
TekCharge MP1800, which retails for $44.95, is available through retail and major on-line stores, including Buy.com, DataVision, eCOST.com, Expansys, Newegg, and RCS Experience, and from the Tekkeon store at www.tekkeon.com. It comes with a one-year limited warranty.
Looking to talk a little longer, surf a bit further, watch a few movies, or listen endlessly to your tunes on your iPhone? Not looking to be strapped by a cable to make it all happen? No worries mate, give the Mybat External Battery for iPhone and iPod a look and you may be surprised to find that, ah, you can do all these things with it!
SvenOnTech put this external battery through some heavy testing and we were pleasantly surprised to find out that, well, read the review and see what surprised us and why we were pleasant. 
mStation gives more power to iPhone fanatics everywhere with the all new mophie™ juice pack™ iPhone battery extender. The mophie™ juice pack™ comes ‘pre-charged’ and ready to go straight out of the package. It houses a rechargeable lithium polymer battery within an ergonomic, comfort-grip case with a soft-touch, non-slip finish. The added “juice” gives consumers up to an additional 250 hours of standby time, 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback, and 24 hours of audio playback. The juice pack™ also integrates a 4 LED ‘charge status’ indicator and its own 30-pin dock connector, making it incredibly simple to recharge your juice pack™ using standard iPhone accessories, like the cable included with your iPhone.
“In designing the mophie™ juice pack™, we strove to create the perfect balance between a powerful battery extender and a comfortable, ergonomic case for the iPhone” says Ross Howe, Sales and Product Development Director for mStation. “With the juice pack™, iPhone users can more than double their power without the inconvenience and bulk of a conventional battery attachment.”
The mophie juice pack™ will be available online and in stores in mid December at an MSRP of $99.95. The mophie™ juice pack™ for the iPod Touch will be available in January 2008. For more information on mStation or mophie, please visit www.mstation.com or www.mophie.com.
Santa Rosa electric car pioneer Zap has come to the iPhones rescue, of sorts. While it already has excellent battery life for a smartphone, some are finding a need to get more from it and Zap brings three times that need with the iZap.
“The iZAP battery was a life-saver during my business trip to China last week,” said iPhone owner Steve Schneider, Chief Executive Officer for ZAP. “Frankly, if an iPod runs out of power, losing your music and video is not as critical to your business trip as the iPhone. You lose your cell phone access, text messages, Internet and email access, time zone clock, business notes, scheduling software, driving maps, calculator and all the other news and information for which the iPhone was designed.”
I guess if you’re the CEO, you can find this nifty new battery; however, if you search Zap’s site, good luck finding this new beast. There is an iZAP for the iPod, though, this is probably not what you want to zap your iPhone with.
ou can now make sure that wherever you are you can always guarantee your laptop is fully charged with Proporta’s Portable Laptop Battery
The Portable Laptop Battery comes with a selection of input and output tips to cater for most laptop models. Simply attach the input tip to your laptop’s AC adapter and charge the battery for future use. When your laptop is next running low, insert the battery’s output cable and tip into the laptop charging port, and recharge your laptop for prolonged use.
A well as being environmentally friendly, it also includes a very handy USB port to allow you to charge your other USB devices, such as your iPod, camera and phone, whilst on the move. Just plug your mobile device’s USB charge cable into the battery’s standard USB port and recharge anywhere.
This really is a product you should never leave home without – now you have no excuse not to get all your work done It’s coming soon to Proporta, so check out www.proporta.com to take a closer look.
P.S. Check out more of Proporta’s products including Proporta’s Laptop Sleeve to keep your laptop safely covered up.
Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech®) announced the NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging Station, the world’s first battery charger/conditioner for Apple MacBook®/MacBook Pro laptops.
Available immediately for $149.95, the Intelligent Battery Charging Station delivers the longest possible runtimes and extends the lifetime of MacBook and MacBook Pro batteries for maximum “unplugged” usability. The only available MacBook battery charger/conditioner on the market, the NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging Station was designed with a dual purpose: to charge and condition batteries. The charger has two bays for conveniently charging two batteries one after the other, or charging one battery while conditioning a second one.
With the Intelligent Battery Charging Station, consumers don’t have to go through the hassle of charging and draining every time they use their laptop to avoid reducing their battery’s effectiveness. And with 1.6 million MacBook/MacBook Pros shipping in just Q4 2006 alone, the NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging Station is the essential add-on for every MacBook user! Read the rest of this entry »
So Apple CEO Steve Jobs is out telling everyone that it is striving to become a green company with the announcement of its use of LED backlights instead of the common toxin found in todays LCD displays. Kudos, Apple, but of course, critics just don’t see things as good enough (even if a start) and they’re all out making their own noise. What I find odd is how mute they are when it comes to things like “green” cars such as the Prius. Ironic how there’s all this compliant about the iPods and its small batteries and how they are filling up landfills world wide and yet they drive from protest to protest in their hybrids they never think once what they’ll do in five years or so when those large battery packs (take a look at the bottom of this article) have to be replaced. These packs have nearly 100 battery cells the size of an iPod each inside them. What’s the game plan, folks?
I’m tired of the green crowd sharply pointing fingers at companies and not acknowledging its own ignorance. Walk on the lot of any Toyota dealership and ask what type of recycling plan it has for the batteries in the Prius and other hybrids available and you’ll get a blank stare. “Recycle?” The average American keeps its car for 4 to 5 years. Most won’t even keep their hybrid before the batteries need to go to a third-world nation for dumping. Add that to the fact that more batteries will need to be produced for replacements and newer vehicles and what will be the toll on the environment due to mining for the needed material for these batteries? Shesh, does anyone think this stuff out all the way? Based on California’s MTBE mess, I can say, “No!”
The irony of all this is that hybrids aren’t even the best answer for fuel conservation! The answer has been on the road for nearly a century. It’s called the diesel. Don’t believe me? Take a look at AutoWeek’s article Are We There Yet? in which the Volkswagen Jetta TDI bettered the Prius by nearly 8 miles per gallon! No batteries to add to landfills, no extra $7,000 price tag for an electric motor and a battery pack and best of all, it’s a nicer car and is larger than the Prius. Now I’m not saying a Hummer is better than a Prius (though this article shatters some myths about hybrids brilliantly,) but I am saying that these hybrids need to looked at with the same scrutiny as being applied to Apple’s iPod and other companies getting share of pain from environmentalist. If you’re going after batteries, go after them ALL! Require a recycle plan from ALL the companies. Trust me, we’re going to have a much larger mess when a few thousand Prius’ go to the landfill than a few million iPods!
Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) announced today the slim NuPower ViDEO+ rechargeable battery Pack for the iPod® Video, with the lowest priced/longest battery life on the market for only $49.99. The NuPower ViDEO+ battery pack attaches to the iPod Video to significantly extend iPod run-time for a whopping 80 hours of music listening or 16 hours of video viewing – or over 5 three-hour movies on just one charge!
The lightweight NuPower ViDEO+ is priceless wherever you go — on an airplane, beach, or anywhere you’d like to relax with your iPod Video without worrying about finding a power outlet to enjoy your music and video. “NuPower ViDEO+ battery pack is great to bring on a vacation or business trip for hours of continuous uninterrupted entertainment on even the longest international flight, layover, or delay,” said Lawrence O’Connor, President & CEO, NewerTech. “NuPower ViDEO+ makes sure you’ll never run out of power in the middle of your favorite video or song.”
Developed by NewerTech, the first company to offer a complete line of internal battery replacements for the Apple iPod line, NuPower ViDEO+ also doubles as a portable charger, delivering up to three charges to the iPod Video’s internal battery. NuPower ViDEO+ includes the battery pack, stand, docking station, and belt clip for the freedom to take your video and favorite tunes wherever you go. When you finally need to recharge the NuPower ViDEO+, simply attach an iPod charging cable (included with your iPod Video) to power up.
Just place the battery pack on the back of your iPod Video and push down to connect. For the iPod Video 30GB model, use the included spacer pad for a snug fit. You can also attach the included belt clip around the sides of your iPod Video for portable convenience. Press the power button and an LED will illuminate to indicate Power On and Battery Charge Status.
NuPower ViDEO+ Features:
Provides 80 Hours of Music or 16 Hours of Video.
- All-in-one design: rechargeable battery pack, stand, and docking station.
- No extra charger needed. Uses standard iPod Video Charger.
- Built-in Dock Connector for using all your existing iPod accessories.
- Plug-and-Play ease-of-use.
- Provides up to three full charges for iPod Video internal battery.
The NuPower ViDEO+ battery pack is compatible with the Apple iPod Video 30GB, 60GB and 80GB models. It includes the rechargeable battery pack, stand, docking station and belt clip and is available immediately for $49.99 through exclusive distributor Other World Computing at www.macsales.com or www.newertech.com or through the retail channel. See http://www.newertech.com/products/vidplus.php for more info.
When I grew up as a kid — not dating myself here — Tonka trucks where made of metal and bathed in a healthy coat of lead based paints. Yellow paint. Today, you find cheap plastic, flimsy parts, and horrible sticker placement. But it doesn’t even stop there, apparently. Nope.
Not even a month after the opening of my sons Tonka fire truck from his Uncle and Tia, the batteries died with moderate play time. When I flipped over the truck to surgically remove its belly to gain access to the battery compartment, I was stunned to see AA batteries within its haul instead of the C cells specified by the cover! Using some cheesy plastic holders to keep the AA’s centered on the terminals, Hasbro deemed it necessary to save a few cents (maybe a buck,) with the lesser capacity battery than going with it’s recommendations. Incredible.
You know, I don’t mind purchasing products made in China to save a dime or two, but doing something like this doesn’t save me money in the end. It saves Hasbro. That’s weak. Bring back my Tonka, Hasbro!
ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP.OB), a leader in renewable energy innovation, announced today that it has struck a deal with Victory Multimedia for distribution services of its new Recharge-It-All battery line for mobile electronic devices and laptop computers. These new products power and charge cell phones, smart phones, digital cameras, MP3/iPods, portable games and more.
Victory will provide entry into large distribution customers like Ingram Micro. ZAP expects its renewable energy line to be available in the Ingram Micro channel from Victory Multimedia in early January.
ZAP’s new Recharge-It-All Battery for Laptop Computers is a big part of the new deal with Victory Multimedia. The 49-watt battery will power or charge a laptop computer for up to 8 hours. “At about $140 suggested retail price, every business traveler will want one,” says Randy Freedman from Victory Multimedia. “I’m personally tired of traveling with three or more AC adaptors when I go on a trip.” The M48 from ZAP has a USB out for powering other low power mobile electronic devices as well as a laptop.
“We really like Victory Multimedia’s commitment to its vendors and customers,” says Melissa Brandao, Director of Power Systems at ZAP. “Victory Multimedia made it seamless for ZAP to tap into the technology channel through Ingram Micro.”
ZAP makes Portable Energy called iZAP, designed specifically for the iPod line. Victory will carry the iZAP RO8-IV for the iPod video. This stylish battery will power the 30G or 60G multimedia players in video mode for up to 10 hours.
ZAP is attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January where they will showcase its new Recharge-It-All battery line for 2007. Find the ZAP booth at the Sands Convention Center #73039.
iPod is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.