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Get 200 hours of battery life out of your iPod
So you're about to take a road trip. A really, really long road trip, and you want to take your iPod along to keep you company. Sounds like a good time to try out that audio recording of War and Peace you've had your eye on. Your iPod's battery will never make it. Or will it?The iCel is an external power source for the iPod that connects via firewire (that's right, firewire. That will teach you, early adopters!) and runs your iPod while simultaneously charging its battery. The iCel comes in three models; the 201, featuring 50 hours of continuous running time ($99US), the 202, featuring 96 hours of continuous running time ($149US) and the 205, featuring 200 hours of continuous running time ($199US). All are shipping now.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Darkshadow said 7:25PM on 11-09-2005
You can power the new iPods via a Firewire cable. You just can't connect it to the computer using it. The power comes through the same on the dock connector. I use my old plug with the Firewire cable that came with my 3rd gen iPod to power my new 5th gen one. It works fine.
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John said 8:31PM on 11-09-2005
So, it's useless for the new iPods that reject Firewire connections?
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Kevin said 10:11PM on 11-09-2005
well the nano is able to charge via firewire either from the computer or a firewire ac adapter. just cant transfer songs
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Kyle Johnson said 6:34AM on 11-10-2005
Don't know how I feel about supporting a vendor who's web site doesn't even work on Safari or Firefox. The only redeeming thing is that it doesn't work on IE for Windows either. So they seem to have managed to design a website where it doesn't work on any browser. '-)
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Navypoo said 7:31PM on 11-10-2005
There's no technical reason why this couldn't be made for USB. Both Firewire and USB use four prong connectors that provide power. Charging through USB is a feature many MP3 players (including the new iPods) have. Not sure why this company chose to go the Firewire route.
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Cesar Delgado said 4:20AM on 11-23-2005
They decided to go the firewire route because 4 generations of iPods have been using firewire that and they would still be able to create new buyers from the 5th generation because although it is firewire it can still charge the USB 2 iPod. Like a poster previously noted they still have the same connector/prongs that deliver the power, the only difference is data can't be transferred but of course you wouldn't buy iCel for that.
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