07 November 2010 ~ Comments Off

Powermat for Droid X – Fail

I’m out in Salt Lake City for a short conference and while passing some time I wandered over to the local Walmart and found that they had the Powermat for Droid X in stock for $49 (cheaper by $10 than Amazon). I’ve used Powermat in the past on my iPhone. The concept is that you [...]

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09 May 2010 ~ Comments Off

Verizon Droid Incredible 1,500 mAh Extra Capacity Battery – $49.99

Are you a Droid Incredible user who has been disappointed in the battery life of your device? The standard 1300 mAh battery that ships with Verizon’s Incredible is sometimes not enough to last most of us through a full day of web surfing, email, texting — and phoning. Now there’s a 1,500 mAh capacity battery [...]

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28 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Nexus one Spare Battery – $25

Google has just added a spare OEM Nexus One battery to their web site. Listed at $25 the battery is a 1400 mAH battery replacement with talk time: Up to 10 hours on 2G, up to 7 hours on 3G. There is presently a limit of 5 batteries per customer. Users of the Nexus One [...]

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19 January 2010 ~ 26 Comments

Zagg Sparq “Charger” Takes Nexus One From 30% to 13% in Under 2 Hours

The first time I attempted to use my new Zagg Sparq charger on my Google Nexus One I thought something must be wrong. I plugged the superphone into the charger when it showed about half a charge. Upon waking in the morning my Nexus One battery was completely discharged. Thinking the cable must have disconnected [...]

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27 December 2009 ~ 26 Comments

ZAGGsparq Battery Promises 4 Full iPhone Re-Charges – Two USB Recharging Ports – $69

I’m long past caring how pretty (or thin) by external battery pack looks. What I care about is how long it lasts and how many times I can re-charge. The new Zagg Sparq (normally $129 and on sale for $69 shipped) claims to offer 4 FULL recharges of your iPhone. There are two USB ports [...]

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