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OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21014/Review_Mophie_JuicePack_-_iPhone_Battery_Boost Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:37:33 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Cheaper battery pack http://osnews.com/thread?350022 http://osnews.com/thread?350022 I bought a battery pack for my old Ipod nano, which works fine in my iPod Touch. It takes 4 AA batteries and plugs in. I use NiMH rechargables.

I have used my iPod Touch to read digital books and I can tell you that listening to music why reading will run your battery down pretty quick. No quantitative figures, sorry.

And the cost of my iPod battery pack? $16 + shipping. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AndrewZ) Comments RE: Cheaper battery pack http://osnews.com/thread?350031 http://osnews.com/thread?350031 The problem is: if something isn't "designed for iPhone" it's very likely to have the unintended result of shutting the phone's radio off. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Adam S) Comments Howto make a big phone even bigger http://osnews.com/thread?350036 http://osnews.com/thread?350036 nt Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kragil) Comments Comment by mrnagrom http://osnews.com/thread?350105 http://osnews.com/thread?350105 is this an ad? Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mrnagrom) Comments RE[2]: Cheaper battery pack http://osnews.com/thread?350133 http://osnews.com/thread?350133 Yeah and if apple didn't apply a sticker that it is perfectly valid to use this gadget with their so beloved product and if you still use them together you shall be cursed.

Good night sweet apple fanboy. Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Huilo) Comments Back to the drawing board Apple http://osnews.com/thread?350154 http://osnews.com/thread?350154 Any consumer electronics device should have a removable battery, unless the device is really tiny in size. This is such a fundamental design principle. When I go shooting with my digital camera, I always take a spare battery with me, because sometimes it runs out when I'm in the middle of something important. Maybe Apple don't realise it, but it's actually quite useful to be able to easily swap the batteries. Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rom508) Comments RE: Back to the drawing board Apple http://osnews.com/thread?350157 http://osnews.com/thread?350157 Couldn't agree more. Funny how they seem to be moving further away from this fundamental, sensible design even on their Macbook line. The Air already had this problem, now the new 17-inch mbp does. How long until they simply refuse to have easily replaceable batteries on every product they make? Seems to me they're going backwards.
Weren't legislators in the EU trying to pass a law regarding this, specifically that any consumer device must have a user-replaceable battery? Anyone know what's happening with that? I don't live in the EU but, if such a law were to get passed, Apple would have to rethink this design flaw if they wanted to sell to the EU. Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE: Back to the drawing board Apple http://osnews.com/thread?350546 http://osnews.com/thread?350546

Any consumer electronics device should have a removable battery, unless the device is really tiny in size. This is such a fundamental design principle. When I go shooting with my digital camera, I always take a spare battery with me, because sometimes it runs out when I'm in the middle of something important. Maybe Apple don't realise it, but it's actually quite useful to be able to easily swap the batteries.

A user replaceable battery makes the gadget bigger, heavier, bulkier. Take your pick.

I don't mind a smaller battery, as long as I know the limitations well beforehand, I don't have a problem with short battery lives. Apple decided, and the market seems to be rewarding them with higher sales. And as for the macbook pro. Battery life is so long, it's almost not a tradeoff to have a non user replaceable battery. And what I would do for that warranty on a battery. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mkone) Comments