Kensington battery packs for iPhone

As someone who regularly runs his iPhone battery all the way down I was interested when Kensington announced two new external batteries for the iPhone. The standard battery pack and charger is a larger stand-alone battery that connects to the iPhone via a dock cable and offers "playing time up to 100 hours of music; 21 hours of video; 6 hours of talk." Personally, however, I find the smaller mini battery pack (pictured right) more intriguing since it simply plugs into the dock connector and offers up to 3 hours extra talk time.

The standard battery pack is available for $69.99 while the mini battery pack is $49.99.

[via Engadget]

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tang

I tested this camera for a client. I didnâ€™t have the light running for more than 15 minutes. The battery lasted approximately 6 hours before recharging. The LCD, however, had a few dead pixels - never saw this before. Tried returning for exchange and had to put up quite a fight. Anyone else seen this? http://www.batteryfast.com

May 26 2008 at 9:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Warren

Am curious how this one will compare, when it comes out:

http://fastmac.com:16080/iv.php

May 07 2008 at 2:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

krye

It's only a matter of time before we start seeing these for MacBook Airs.

May 07 2008 at 1:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Dave

Will they be as large as the Air and stick out the side front doubling the surface area form factor also? LOL

May 07 2008 at 1:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave

@Trevor- That Richard Solo device is as big as the iPhone, but just sticks out the bottom..? Not very handy for keeping on the phone.

The battery from Kensington appears equally awkward.

My 8gb iPhone had horrible battery life. I replaced it with a 16gb a couple of months ago and it seems to have much better battery life. Maybe just because it's newer, or maybe I got a lemon on the first phone.

I just decided to try the Mophie Juice Pack, which, while huge, at least has a more reasonable form factor for actually attaching and leaving on your phone while in use.

May 07 2008 at 12:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jodee

To Ryan G.
Amen.

May 07 2008 at 12:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ryan Goodlett

I am so tired of everyone in the comments waiting to pounce on TUAW for typos and mistakes. Shutup, enjoy the site or leave.

May 07 2008 at 12:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mark

There's also this: http://www.ipowerrush.com/

May 07 2008 at 11:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Trevor

And there is also this one

http://richardsolo.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=264

May 07 2008 at 11:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I have the Richard Solo (looks just like this one) and it works GREAT! I never travel without it.

May 07 2008 at 12:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

MacBookOwner

I wonder how long those keep/hold a charge. It would be great to store that little one in the car/briefcase for emergency power.

May 07 2008 at 11:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

An apple a day....

Read the press release... it says specifically that it is for both the iPhone and the iPod.

May 07 2008 at 11:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andre

Will these work with the iPod Touch as well? I could use an external battery pack for mine.

May 07 2008 at 10:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Jon

Seems like they should work with any iPod/iPhone that has a dock connector. It's only supplying power, so it shouldn't require any software or data transfer between devices....basically the same as plugging your ipod into a wall as far as the ipod knows.

That's my guess anyway!

May 07 2008 at 11:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply