Meredith James

I am just in the process of charging my new iphone power pack. It's effectively a battery pack that the iphone slides into and acts as a case. I will give up dates on its effectiveness. I would be interested to hear other peoples experiences so feel free to post a comment below. 

Purchased from here but there are similar ones here.

Specs:

• Compatible with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS
• USB Rechargeable
• 1900mAh Li-Polymer Battery
• Non-slip comfortable rubberised texture
• Lightweight - under 70g
• LED charge indicator
• On/Off switch
• Enjoy an additional (actual results may vary):
  • 12 hours talk time on 2G
  • 6 hours talk time on 3G
  • 6 hours browsing on 3G
  • 7 hours browsing on WiFi
  • 380 hours of standby
  • 28 hours of audio playback
  • 8 hours of video playback

Testing

Charging: To fully charge the battery it took 4hrs.

Settings: All push notifications are turned off.

First impressions: feels like a brick - may take some time getting used to the size.

12pm: iPhone is fully charged - iphone power pack is fully charged. Lets see how we go.

Update 27/1/10: a massive 36hrs later the external battery and iphone were both dead. I am so impressed. Re-charging again from scratch. Will see how we go round two.