Hi Mich,
There are 2 types of external batteries: battery cases and actual batteries which means self-contained batteries in their own enclosure. Battery cases are iPhone cases where the battery is built into the back of the case. It simply means the back of the case is thicker and usually these cases connect to, in your case, the 30-pin adapter of your iPhone. You simply charge the phone by charging the case and you typically have to take the phone out of the case if you want to connect it to the computer. True external batteries on the other hand are just separate units and for the most part they charge your phone with the normal cable that comes with your phone and which you plug into the USB port on the external battery instead of your computer or wall adapter. One battery I know of for sure has a 30-pin connector built right onto the battery itself along with a micro USB and a Blackberry connector is the MyCharge Peak 6,000 which I own. It also has a USB port so you could use the cable that came with your phone or you could plug it straight into the 30-pin connector which is on a super short, about 1 inch long cable. The MyCharge Peak 6,000 is the model which has speech built in, it tells you when it's done charging, when you plug in a device and you can push a button on the battery and it tells you how full the battery is. I bought it at Future Shop last November for $99, so you could probably order it on www.FutureShop.ca and it should be free shipping since it's over $25. I personally prefer external batteries over battery cases. First of all, battery cases usually have at most enough juice to charge your iPhone once, i.e. maybe 1,400 MA, many have only 1,000 or 1,100 which won't even charge your phone to 100% if it's fairly empty. The MyCharge Peak 6,000 is a 6,000 MA battery and you get 3 or 4 charges out of it. You can check it out in detail at http://www.MyCharge.com. The disadvantage is the bulk of a battery such as the Peak 6,000. As a general rule, the larger the capacity the larger is the battery. The MyCharge Peak 6,000 is not a lot larger than the iPhone, but it is thicker and it's probably not a battery you want to carry around unless you have a small backpack with you or at least are wearing a jacket with larger pockets. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
