How’s the battery life in your new iPhone 3G. I haven’t got one yet, in fact I’ve just signed up to a BlackBerry instead.
It’s not because of the battery life. And it’s not that I don’t think the iPhone isn’t impressive (albeit there are several things missing). It’s because I’m on Orange and so will make every little dig I can up to the point where I can actually get my hands on one.
This time I was going to laugh at battery life. Unfortunately someone has already got there first and come up with a solar case for the iPhone. Sure, it doesn’t have the iconic styling of the iPhone’s Jonathan Ive design, but it does have a fantastic appeal to the hippy in us all and even comes complete with ‘holier than though v2.0’.
You’ve got to love it.
With a 10 hour recharge, it’s not the quickest way to fill your battery but what’s a wait when you can feel all warm and pious inside. According to EcoGeek:
“The case uses a solar panel to soak up sun, holds generated energy in a 1500 mAh battery, and then charges up your phone when you insert it.”
EcoGeek also suggests you leave it on the dashboard to charge whilst you’re at work. I guess they don’t have car theft in the US.
It may not be very eco, but mophie.com has resurrected the old ipaq sleeve concept for use with the iPhone 3G. At $99 and a hefty weight/size increase it rather defeats the point of the slim Apple design, but I'm definitely going to get one if it means I can get through a whole day without having to carry another handset as just in case insurance,
Nice one Tim. Picked that up and did a piece about their iPhone 3G battery
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Nice one Tim. Picked that up and did a piece about their iPhone 3G battery
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Nice one Tim. Picked that up and did a piece about their iPhone 3G battery
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