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Title: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: bloodline on August 09, 2008, 05:27:40 PM
I got myself one of these... due to the iPhone's stupidly short battery life when in 3G mode...

http://www.solartechnology.co.uk/products/solar_chargers/freeloader.asp

Seems pretty cool, Though I've only really been using it as a backup battery anyone else tried it?
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: A4000_Mad on August 09, 2008, 06:33:03 PM
 8-)

Any idea how long it would allow an N95 to continuously play high quality music videos?
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: bloodline on August 09, 2008, 06:36:35 PM
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A4000_Mad wrote:
 8-)

Any idea how long it would allow an N95 to continuously play high quality music videos?


I've not had a chance to try the Solar charge part yet... but it provides the iPhone with one complete charge... So that means about 14hours of video playback on the iPhone... I guess it would be the same on the N95
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: A4000_Mad on August 09, 2008, 06:39:22 PM
Ok thanks. Looks like a useful thing to have :-)
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: Oliver on August 10, 2008, 04:25:26 PM
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bloodline wrote:
...due to the iPhone's stupidly short battery life when in 3G mode...


Why is the lifespan so short? Is it continuously polling the network for emails or something?
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: bloodline on August 10, 2008, 06:44:49 PM
no, because I can't stop surfing the damn Internet and A.org on it... All my post in the last week have been made on the iPhone :-(
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: Oliver on August 11, 2008, 04:54:39 PM
OK, it's just you, not the phone.
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: bloodline on August 11, 2008, 05:03:40 PM
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Oliver wrote:
OK, it's just you, not the phone.


If I don't surf the net, the battery life is perfectly aceptable, even when listeing to music all day and checking my Emails every 5 mins... but I can't help it, surfing the net is just so easy on the iPhone...
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: motorollin on August 13, 2008, 05:16:17 PM
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bloodline wrote:
surfing the net is just so easy on the iPhone...

You know you've got a problem when you're surfing the net while you're having a poo.

Oh, you should wash your hands after you read the last email I sent you.
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: Karlos on August 13, 2008, 05:22:08 PM
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motorollin wrote:
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bloodline wrote:
surfing the net is just so easy on the iPhone...

You know you've got a problem when you're surfing the net while you're having a poo.


Especially considering you haven't left your desk :-o
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: motorollin on August 13, 2008, 05:46:27 PM
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Karlos wrote:
Especially considering you haven't left your desk :-o

When I was about 10 I was so addicted to Lemmings II that I couldn't stop playing to go to the toilet until I had finished the level I was on. Once I weed myself a little bit...
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: cecilia on August 14, 2008, 03:14:33 PM
That looks Very cool!

I should do a review of it.....so, if I understand this correctly, it has an inbuilt battery that gets filled up from the solar cells and you can use that to push life into your iphone....and it lets you directly use the solar panels as energy???

gimmy some details

thanks
Title: Re: Ok... I'm officially a Free Loader now...
Post by: cecilia on August 14, 2008, 03:15:03 PM
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motorollin wrote:
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Karlos wrote:
Especially considering you haven't left your desk :-o

When I was about 10 I was so addicted to Lemmings II that I couldn't stop playing to go to the toilet until I had finished the level I was on. Once I weed myself a little bit...
yup, you have a problem   :lol:  :lol: