Add extra power and loudspeakers to your iPhone

Brando_ipower_portableIf you’re one of those people who absolutely must take a thin and light gadget and add weight and heft to it then you might want to look at the Brando iPower Portable Power Station for all iPhones.  The iPower is a sled into which you slide your little iPhone which gives extra battery life while adding a speaker with volume control.  It’s decently priced and comes in both black and white so you match your precious exactly.

Specs:

  • Capacity: 2400mAh
  • Charging Time: ~3hrs
  • Discharging time (to iPhone): ~3hrs
  • Power of amplifier speaker: <1.5W
  • Input Voltage: 4.8 ~ 5.5V
  • Current input: 500-1000mA
  • Output Voltage: 5.0 ~ 5.5V
  • Current output: 100-1000mA
  • Quiescent power drain: <50uA
  • Weight: 93g

(via engadget)

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