RE: MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-04-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Brent, From what I can hear in the Podcast it does sense when you plug in a device and it starts charging which is different from my Mophie Juice Pack which has a physical on/off switch. When the guy who does the Podcast unplugs a device it also says something like disconnected and

Re: MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-04-01 Thread Sherrie
I checked on Amazon and it had the Peak 6000 for $81.99 free shipping. I have a portable charger that is about the size of the iPhone 5 and I can carry it in my purse but I think that one that is a full inch thick would be very clumsy to carry around, especially for those without the benefit

RE: MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-04-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Sherry, I sort of agree and everybody has to make the decision about which battery they want, but even the Sojourn is half an inch thick so another half inch is not so bad and weight wise it's half the weight, just under 4 ounces versus 8 ounces for the Peak. As I said, it's everybody's

MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-03-31 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Srikanth, Thanks for that link and yes, it's totally OK and very useful that you posted this. You indicated that you heard the new model had no more voice announcement and it's up to whoever is interested to buy this to either buy the old model if available or not. In any case, I went to

RE: MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-03-31 Thread DJ
Sieghard, Thank you for providing the information below. That is very useful information and I Plan to look into this charger shortly. I didn't know about this particular unit. DJ _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel

Re: MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-03-31 Thread Brent Harding
Does this thing tell you when the phone finishes charging? I currently have the Anchor 10,000 mah I found on some bargain for $59 last year that doesn't talk, but the IPhone will tell me that charging started. I don't get the significance of having the speech except for the fact that I don't

Re: MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-03-31 Thread Srikanth Kanuri
The only disadvantage might be that it doesn't have the new iPhone five connector. It comes with old connector. You need to charge using usb connector. Sent from my iPhone On 01-Apr-2013, at 2:23 AM, DJ grou...@gmail.com wrote: Sieghard, Thank you for providing the information below. That

Re: MyCharge Peak 6000 battery, was: a charging battery for the IPhone 5.

2013-03-31 Thread Srikanth Kanuri
It tells you the battery status of the devise but nay not tell you the charge status of phone. http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/the-my-charge-peak-6000-rechargeable-power-bank-with-speech/ Sent from my iPhone On 01-Apr-2013, at 7:51 AM, Brent Harding br...@hostany.net wrote: Does this thing