Reviews for Kensington Mini Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod

This is another one of those thoughtless designs that takes the technology consuming public for idiots. As additional battery power to keep you entertained with whatever your iPod has to offer, did any of those idiots from Kensington care to consider that you need headphones while on the go, and if it is the iPod Touch that you have this is next to useless. The headphone jack is blocked by this idiotic design. Ah, you might say, "but other iPods don't have the jack at the bottom by the dock connector." In which case why advertise it connected to the iPod Touch? It is about time we the consuming public held these money guzzling companies to account by helping others to avoid the trap of buying their trash until they put some thought into their products and stop treating us like idiots!

Unfortunatly I am never near a power source for my iPhone when I need the additional power.

I use bluetooth quite a lot and this little battery is a great bolt on power unit for my iPhone while out on my bike allowing the iPhone to charge when the battery level is low.

Charging the battery through USB is great as I can do this easily at work and home.

This little beauty is an absolute life saver. I just keep it in a jacket pocket or work bag and it is always there in those oh so unforeseeable emergencies when the iPhone or iPod so inconveniently seems to die!

Oh and RC, it's actually advertised on an iphone - note the 3G symbol and reception in the top left corner

It does everything its supposed to do very well... small, lightweight, charges quickly and has the capacity to completley recharge my IPOD touch...

The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because when plugged into the ipod and the mini-usb is connected to my PC there is no data connection - just power.

I used to have a juicepack and that was a nice feature because it means when you travel you can just carry a standard mini-usb cable that I also use for my phone etc. rather than having to remove it and use the dedicated Apple cable.

It might just be mine, but after about 2 weeks, using it about 3 times, the connector that connects it to the iPhone stopped working unless you hold it at an awkward angle. Unfortunate waste of £30