Jorge/Richard I've grouped your posts, hope you don't mind. <g>
RL> AAA's rather than AA's, as they are always more expensive I think that Belkin are concerned about the form factor of the media reader. The case would need to be a lot thicker just to accommodate the extra height of the AA batteries but you would have thought that the fact that you could derive as much as 8800mHa of power would be an attractive feature. My hunch is that they don't want to add too much weight. I use Powerex 2200mHa batteries on a MaHa charger and when you've loaded a grip with six of those, you know it. They are heavy. I'd say this product is more consumer oriented, diversifying the use of an iPod for consumers with digital cameras is a very shrewd move. Take holiday makers who aren't going to want to take a laptop with them and may baulk at the cost of higher capacity CF cards which in many instances may rally the price of their digicam in the first place. If they've got an iPod, US$99 or equiv is a comparatively small investment for the extended usage of something that they would probably take with them anyway? JP>run this problem of too high battery consumption all along... dying before performing all what is expected from them//if the Belkyn adapter is not using a screen ( something I don't know ). The Belkin doesn't use the screen to display the images which kills the battery in the multimedia readers that you get with colour screens. It seems that many of the portable storage solutions that I've looked at compromise something in some way, whether it be screen size, form, battery type etc etc.. Its just choosing the compromises that you can live with I guess. If the battery issue on the iPod turns out to be a problem, there are in car chargers and piggy back batteries but again, its additional cost and bulk but this may be preferable to carrying a laptop for some and not for others. On a totally futuristic and off beat note, I'm an avid follower of nanotechnology stocks and there is a start up company which is developing molecular batteries, the principle is that you can charge a standard battery for 2 hours and with heavy use, it will last for 6 months! There is a plethora of information on them on the web but this link may give a little taste of whats to come: http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/000342.html he Energiser bunny's days may be numbered! <g> Cheers Alex =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
