Kensington Mini Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod

Kensington (http://us.kensington.com/) are a very established company, who sell all sorts of products ranging from iPod accessories, computer RAM and keyboards. Kensington already sell and manufacture a couple of batteries for the iPod and the iPhone. One of which is insanely large, and looks more like a laptop power adapter than a portable accessory. Defeats the whole point, doesn't it? You can see the full range of batteries over at http://us.kensington.com/html/16239.html. The battery I'm going to be reviewing today however, is actually designed very well. It's small! According to the Kensington website, the battery is approximately 2.3" in ...  Read the complete review

Kensington do a couple of batteries for the iPod and iPhone. One of them is very large, which I fail to see the point. Why carry a mobile device, then add something almost the same size. However, this battery is quite small, about 5.5cm by 2.5cm. It is also very light, weighing just 0.10lbs. The package contains the 1000mAH battery, which is wrapped in a lovely black case to match your iPhone. You get a USB cable to charge the device. So charging is done via a computer or a suitable USB wall charger (I use my iPhone one). Kensington claim this extends the battery of the iPod Nano (3rd gen) by up to 30 hours for music or 6 hours of video. I have no ...  Read the complete review