The battery question: What happened to Silver-Zinc?

Most people aren’t going to remember this, but about 5 years ago there was a huge push to dethrone Lithium-Ion as the battery king due to it’s dangerous nature. It may seem odd that your battery could injure you, but lest we forget how explosive and toxic our little power packs are.  The reaction to the inherent … Read more

Concord Keystone Launches Keystone ECO Booster 2.0 External Phone Battery

Another external battery hits the market with another press release that doesn’t tell you just how much time you’ll get from said external battery. I don’t get it, why announce a product and then don’t tell people what to expect from it? It’s just says that the ECO Booster 2.0 will ‘double battery life’. Who’s … Read more

SpareOne Debuts World’s Only Cell Phone That Runs on a Single AA Battery

Now this is cool, too bad it’s not a  “real” cell phone. I put that in quotes because it is a real cellphone, but then it isn’t as it’s made to be for emergency use only. The SpareOne phone is powered by a single AA battery and supposedly it can last up to 15 years! … Read more

MiLi Power Releases External Battery for Pretty Much Everything

The new Power Shine from Mili power is designed to work with pretty much everything including WP7 device.s I think this is actually the first WP7 accessory I’ve posted about on here, I can’t remember any others really. Anyway it’s a 4000 mAh battery with two USB ports so you can charge two devices at … Read more

Extend the Battery Life of your Galaxy S II with the OnTrion T989

I’m not one for extended batteries as they usually limit your case options, but some people need them as smartphone battery life isn’t the greatest as we know. The new OnTrion (I’ve never heard of this company) T989 is an extended battery but it includes a back cover as well. Price is $34.99 and for … Read more

iFresh Rechargable External Battery is Now Available for iPhone and iPod

I’m not sure if iFresh is a good name or a bad name but I think it works for an external battery. The iFresh is an external battery for your iPhone, iPod or iPod Touch and the iPad that will charge your battery to full in less than two hours. Supposedly it can be drained … Read more