Got Dodgy Battery Life?

[Admiral Valdemar]

I expect everyone has at least one device that, despite the amazing power of modern lithium power cells, just doesn't cut the mustard with regards to longevity. My recent N95 8GB purchase is my example. Amazing piece of kit, still, the only thing keeping it from being the greatest digital gizmo on Earth is the shitty battery life, which can last less than a day with intense browsing of the web, taking pictures, sending texts and the getting a GPS lock. That's still impressive, but it's obvious internal batteries can't cope with today's modern power hungry devices.



So I bought the Powermonkey eXplorer and am happy. Seriously, this little thing not only has an adaptor for every major device around today, it can charge my N95 three times over from one charge, or far more for an iPod or DS Lite etc. And it has a handy set of mains plugs for all countries as well as a foldaway solar cell for on-the-go charging. And it's even water and shock resistant.

I'd recommend it for anything you happen to need that requires mains power when you're far from such power supplies. I just wish they had those clip on devices that used leg kinetic energy to charge on the go too, given solar takes several hours on a good day.