Comments on: Tips for working through a power outage in the iPad era http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:14:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vladislav Rakov http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652940 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:47:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652940 Thanks for the article.It’s really useful for me.Im greatly involved in the process of building apps and find a web service snappii.com a great opportunity to build apps.

]]> By: Peter Ghosh http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652929 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:27:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652929 i-compatible battery extenders also come in handy – a fixed/rechargeable pack, or a unit that allows you to use AA batteries (They come in handy on long plane rides).

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652909 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:22:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652909 Solar chargers could work… of course you need it to be sunny!!! But could be used to give you a good charging percentage for the iphone when in need!!!

]]> By: Roland http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652884 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:10:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652884 What you need when you have no electricity is a portable fuel cell to generate it for you: http://www.horizonfuelcell.com/electronics.htm

]]> By: Sutter http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652848 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:08:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652848 I have 2 car batteries and 2 DC-to-AC inverters. That setup will charge devices and run my amateur radios for weeks.

]]> By: Charles Newbury http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652672 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:56:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652672 Top off your vehicle’s gas tank so you don’t run out of gas charging your electronics.

]]> By: Dave Charlesworth http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652632 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:20:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652632 No need to get a special power adapter for your vehicle. Instead get a dc-to-ac converter (available at any auto parts store) and use your regular charger cables for your phones, iPad, and computer. If you are going to need to run your computer make sure to get one sized large enough for the load.

Also, I just bought an external battery for my iPhone because of the drain the GPS puts on it. You can charge these in advance. Mine should be good for about 4 or 5 full charges of the phone before it is elf needs recharging but, since it’s almost all battery, it nots much bigger than an iPhone.

]]> By: Apple girl http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652547 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:35:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652547 I love playing chess on the iPad with my boyfriend. During the power outage we actually broke out the old fashion chess set and went and played chess in the park.

]]> By: pagarama http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652519 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:22:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652519 Great tips! I’m surprise that these kinds of articles aren’t around more. This is definitely overdue!

]]> By: Tim Riggs http://gigaom.com/2011/09/02/tips-for-working-through-a-power-outage-in-the-ipad-era/#comment-652515 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:01:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=400462#comment-652515 I am from the UK and went on holiday to Bangkok..When I arrived at the hotel there was a problem with the booking so I tried to use my iPhone to ring up the tour operator and for some reason (my fault as it turned out) was unable to get a signal – Lucky I had my iPad with me with the Skype App installed – perfect signal and used my iPad as a phone. Now this is all I take with me on travels.. you don’t need your phone or MacBook.. iPad does it all… Travel light

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