FastMac announces iV extended battery, charger for the iPhone
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Oct 31, 2008 at 3:00pm
FastMac has announced the iV, an extended battery pack and portable charger for Apple’s iPhone that purportedly triples battery life and adds a built-in flash and Bluetooth headset charger. Armed with an iV, the iPhone is capable of up to 24 hours of talk time, 31 days of standby, 20-plus hours of video and almost 72 hours of audio playback time, the company says.
FastMac’s iV for iPhone is shipping now and can be ordered from the company for a special introductory price of US$79.95. Each iV carries a one-year warranty and a 30-day money back guarantee. In addition, each iV comes with a90-day trade-in warranty that allows the original owner to trade in their used iV for a brand new, next generation iV for half price.
FastMac’s iV contains a 3100mAH TruePower battery. The iV is an on-the-go mobile battery charger that allows for continuous iPhone use even as it is being charged. Along with the dock connector port used for charging and syncing, the iV also has a full-size USB port that can simultaneously charge another device such as a Bluetooth headset, digital camera, game system or even another phone. The iV’s built-in flash LED can be used for emergencies and low light photos or videos.
The iV’s battery is housed in a custom molded soft-touch non-slip case that’s no taller than the iPhone itself and weighs 3.9 ounces. The bottom of the iV is contoured so that it can be docked (and charged) inside Apple’s iPhone Dock & Universal Dock and its speaker chambers are designed to reflect sound up and out towards the listener instead of away from them.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
