Best iPhone Battery Backup

Listening to the radio on your iPhone may not seem like a big deal. Many phones already have this function, and it isn’t normally featured as a big battery drain. However, with the amount of flak that the iPhone battery is getting from users, every little thing that the iPhone does comes in for its share of careful scrutiny.

There are many applications for stream Internet radio that are compatible for IPhones. Most people choose the application that will give them good streaming quality and hopefully not too many commercials to ruin the listening experience, but now considerations of battery consumption also come into play.

Streaming Internet radio applications are different from public radio stations in that they allow users to create a sort of private radio station that features specific music genres and/or artists. This makes it especially appealing for IPhone users who like to play music in the background while they are doing other things, whether on their iPhone or not. There is nothing more distracting than music that irritates or annoys you coming on in the middle of an especially crucial part of what you are working on. It is distracting and, well, annoying.

One of the more popular applications today for streaming Internet radio is Pandora, which can be purchased via iTunes and is currently free of advertisements. The quality of the music is said to be very good, with no static or skipping whether over the 3G network or WiFi.  However, there is a growing concern that Pandora uses quite a bit of juice, especially when accessed over 3G. Reports suggest that accessing radio streams over the WiFi provides lower battery consumption. No benchmark is yet available for actual consumption of the Pandora application.

Another popular application is ooTunes, which can access selections made over other applications such as Pandora. It supports formats in mp3, AAC and WMA, among others. In WiFi, It consumes about 0.17% of your battery per minute of listening to the radio when in mp3 format. In AAC, it consumes 0.148% per minute.

Pocket Tunes uses a whopping 0.3% per minute for mp3 format and a better 0.14% per minute for AAC. Wunder Radio, on the other hand, uses only 0.2% per minute for mp3 but 0.35% for AAC format! So this means that playing on AAC format is not always better. However, it seems to be widely accepted that streaming over the WiFi is definitely less battery consuming than over 3G. More bad news for 3G fans.

On average, using the best possible combination of media format and delivery system, these statistics mean that if you listen to your radio continuously with no other application active, you will zero out your iPhone battery from full charge in about 11 hours and 15 minutes. No big deal, right? Sure, if you only use your IPhone as a radio. But if you do your research and have a clear idea of what your priorities are in choosing the applications you have running, listening to the radio should not become a matter of life or death, at least for your battery.

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Opening up the IPhone can be one of the scariest things you can do with an electronic gadget that you paid top dollar for. You should know your way around a soldering iron as you will need to tiptoe around a lot of sensitive electronics with that hot tip. But if you decide to risk replacing your nonfunctioning battery with a new one yourself anyway rather than paying the $86 or so to have the Apple people do it for you, then follow the instructions below. You will need a replacement battery, a small flat screwdriver and a Phillips screwdriver, a spudger or black stick (a disassembly tool used for manipulating small components, usually made of nylon with a metal hook), a soldering iron, and a lot of care and patience.

1. Remove the SIM tray by finding the small black hole near the jack for the headphones using a paperclip.  This is to avoid damaging it when you open the outer cover.

2. Find the two screws located on either side of the charging dock using the small Phillips screwdriver. Once you’ve removed them, you can start taking off the back cover.

3. Don’t panic, but be careful nevertheless. The back cover may require some force and bending to remove it. Use the flat screwdriver to create a wedge between the black plastic cover and the front of the IPhone. Unless you have a plastic wedge, you’ll probably do some damage to the cover. Lift up from the back and slide the case forward to release it.

4. Carefully detach the ribbon cable that connects the case to the motherboard and set it aside to be reattached after you have replaced your battery.

5. Use the spudger to detach the LCD from the back panel by inserting it between the chrome ring and the front panel. Lift the display panel, and using the spudger release the black ribbon marked with a “1”. Remember to release this black cable first to avoid shorting out the board. Proceed with disconnecting the other ribbon cables. The spudger can be used to disengage the white tab holding the cable. Remove the display panel and set aside.

6. To remove the motherboard, you need to locate and remove eight screws with the Phillips screwdriver. One screw should be located under a warranty sticker. Lastly, detach a ribbon cable marked “4” and lift the motherboard out. There will be a ribbon connecting the board to the camera. Remove the camera from its housing in the back panel, but it will remain attached to the board.

7. Carefully disengage the board from the dock connector using the spudger. It should lift easily if all screws have been removed. Slide it out. The battery should be right in front of you.

6. Using the flat head screwdriver, gently pry up the old battery from the slot, avoiding contact with any of the connecting wires that lead to the system board. Typically, the wires are held in place with sticky glue, which you will have to remove using the flat head screwdriver.

7. With the wires unglued, use the soldering iron to detach the wires, starting from the right, from the connectors on the board. Take note of where the new battery’s wires should be placed. Be careful here. You can ruin your board with the wrong kind of pressure. Remove the old iPhone battery.

8. Your new battery should have three wires, one of which is encased in plastic to prevent touching the other wires and shorting it out. Connect the two exposed wires first with a soldering iron, and then the protected one last. Place the new battery on its slot.

9.  Reconnect all the cables and screws of the motherboard, replace the camera, and attach the ribbons for the display panel. Your IPhone should power up automatically. If it fails to do so, restart the IPhone using the home button.

10. Once the IPhone powers up successfully, you’re done and may replace the outer cover. Don’t forget to reinsert the SIM tray.

Hopefully, everything works fine and dandy. The above instructions only apply to first and second generation IPhones, and there are no guarantees that your IPhone will work after you’ve replaced the battery. Unless you have some experience with electronic repair or have a newer IPhone in the wings, then you should proceed with this operation with extreme prejudice.

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The Ultimate Mobile Device Battery Extender just Got Better

IMaxPower, the leading manufacturer of the IMP500, the ultimate in the mobile device battery extender is about to launch an even better IMP500 coming this September.

The IMP500, well known for its 5000mAh worth of juice has been redesigned to go cableless. Remember all those other sexy battery extenders that fall short of the ideal capacity in terms of juice? Well, the upcoming latest IMP500 will be sexy AND powerful.
“The new design in no way affects the capacity of the IMP500 in any way,” IMaxPower head honcho John Chang asserts with some pride. “You get the power you expect from the IMP500, it’s just a little more compact and convenient than before.”

The IMP500 will allow you to charge your IPhone up to 4.8 charge cycles at a time and provide you with up to 38 hours of video playback, the biggest type of drain on your battery. This means you can take those transcontinental hops in your stride with no problem.
100% Customer Satisfaction.

The people behind IMaxPower have always prided themselves on customer satisfaction and are always striving to improve the product to give better performance and convenience. In rising to the challenge of meeting the demands of their most critical of clients, they have upgraded the design to allow the IPhone user to slip the device into the holster to charge it; no need for a cable.

However, there is a very important plus to the new IMP500: it also features a USB dock that will allow the simultaneous charging of other devices via the optional USB cable. So the new IMP500 will still retain its multifunctional capabilities in the sense that it can still provide additional power to other gadgets such as the IPod Blackberry, Kindle, Nintendo DS and so on, just like the current IMP500 model. Isn’t that just peachy?

Moreover, the new IMP500 will retain many of the great features of the current IMP500 model. You can choose to charge the IMP500 itself with the rapid AC charger (available online at a minimal additional cost when ordered with the unit) or the accompanying USB charger that you can plug into your portable or desktop computer. With the rapid AC charger, the IMP500 is fully loaded and ready to go in as little as 1.5 hours.

And of course, the upcoming new IMP500 model will still be as sleek and attractive as ever, hiding a workhorse persona behind a sophisticated façade. With the lightweight new IMP500, you can use any generation IPhone while charging without worrying about the cable getting in the way, and it will continue charging even while in your pocket.

The new IMP500 is guaranteed to work harder that ever to provide you with on-the-go power supply convenience so that you too can be as mobile as you want to be without sacrificing necessary (and fun) applications. IMaxPower has been in the battery extender business since 2003, and customer satisfaction is its primary objective. The geniuses behind IMaxPower continue to be driven to go beyond expectations of its customers by unremitting research and development to improve an amazing product.

Here’s to better mobility! Cheers!

ImaxPower.com gains more user power, we changed the website!

The name of the game is user friendliness, and ImaxPower has just made it easier for their customers to take advantage of extended power for their electronic toys.

The website developers of ImaxPower, the worldwide leading Li-ion polymer (LIP) battery pack manufacturer for the mobile electronic device, has recently undertaken a complete redesign of its website to make it more user friendly. The purpose-driven as well as casual browser can have the details of what they need in as few as a single click of the mouse from the very first page.

“The home page lists the available products in an easy-to-understand manner, and since the IMaxPower Battery Pack IMP500 is compatible with practically all of the most popular brand-name electronic gadgets, it is just a matter of getting the right peripherals,” John Chang of imaxpower.com points out with some pride.

The IMaxPower Battery Pack IMP500 has a capacity of 5000mAh at 5V of power, which is on average 400% the capacity of standard batteries. This Lithium-ion Polymer battery cell weighs a mere 130g and is about the size of an IPhone. It comes in a variety of attractive designs and colors. The IMP500 works well with all generations of Apple IPhones including the 3G S, Apple ITouch as well as Blackberry PDAs including the Curve, Storm and Bold models. The owners of a Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite consoles also benefit from the extended battery life provided by the IMP500.

The site makes it easy to select and buy just what you need. Click on a single item and your cart will be populated with suggested peripherals that you may need based on the item you selected. All you need to do is check the items you want to purchase, select your country, state then input your zip code and proceed to checkout. It’s even easier for repeat customers because they have no need to input their billing information.

The new IMaxPower website design is clean and streamlined, emphasizing the merits of the products offered in a straightforward manner. More importantly, navigation is smooth and efficient, finding products in less than three clicks even for the casual browser. This was a smart move by a company that concentrates on designing and manufacturing high-quality yet affordable Lithium-Ion Polymer (LIP) battery pack for OEM customers because it provides the right kind of help for those in dire need of more power for their favorite electronic gadgets.

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The Ultimate Mobile Device Battery Extender just Got Better

The world has changed considerably since the advent of mobile devices. It is now accepted practice to be on the move at all times with no worries of missing that important call, email or message because we carry most of this capabilities in our pockets. Nor is it a hassle to bring your children along to long trips because they have their own diversions whether it be their cell phones, MP3 players or portable game consoles, often all in one package.

What does serve to ground most people is the need to be near an electrical source to charge their batteries. Because of the extended capabilities of most mobile devices, there is always the problem of running out of the necessary juice to sustain one through all those applications and amusements. This is where the IMaxPower IMP500 comes to the rescue.

There are quite a few battery extenders in the market today, but none really live up to the capability of the IMP500, simply because it provides 5000mAh of juice in one charge, much more than other battery extenders. And when it comes to battery extenders, isn’t the proof of the pudding in the amount of extension it actually provides?

Sure, there are some battery extenders that are sexier, being cableless and allowing the mobile device owner to slip their gadgets into it and continue using it comfortable as a phone or whatnot while recharging. However, the advantages of using the IMP500 with its retractable USB cable are significant.

The most important advantage, as pointed out earlier, is that none of these devices provides for multiple charges as much as the IMP500. The IMP500 provides up to 4.8 charge cycles for a 3G IPhone, for instance. That translates to as much as 38 hours of use per charge of the IMP500, the time varying depending on the actual applications used, but even for video there has been testimony of as many as 6 full-length feature videos of continuous play. What does this mean? This means you no longer need to worry about running out of battery even on a long flight of more than a day, even with continuous use of the mobile device.

Another advantage of using a USB cable is that it makes the IMP500 much more versatile. With the correct cable type, the IMP500 can provide charge for almost any kind of mobile device that accepts a USB connection for charging such as the IPhone, Blackberry, Kindle, Nintendo DS, and so on. It is really just a matter of having the right kind of cable i.e. micro versus mini USB, which makes the IMP500 a multipurpose item, certainly worth much more than its $59 price tag. Try fitting your Nintendo DS into that sexy cableless battery extender designed specifically for an IPhone! One user even reported using a 4 port USB hub to charge four gadgets at the same time and was amazed that the IMP500 was able to charge each one simultaneously. That’s convenience.

Moreover, you have a choice of charging the IMP500 itself with the rapid AC charger (available online at a minimal additional cost when ordered with the unit) or the accompanying USB charger that you can plug into your portable or desktop computer. With the rapid AC charger, the IMP500 is fully loaded and ready to go in as little as 1.5 hours.

And last but certainly not least, the price for an IMP500 is considerably less than for cableless battery extenders, which start from $80 up, even with the lower power capacity. Many of the other battery extenders are also more fragile than the IMP500 because of its tough yet elegant casing, and it is not much bigger than the IPhone, so you will be able to use it much longer with more gadgets and still be highly portable.

Despite these advantages, some users do have a beef with the fact that the IMP500 does no automatically shut off when a mobile device is fully charged. The worry is that this may cause the mobile device to overheat. The presence of the LED indicator is meant to indicate to the user that the mobile device has finished charging. There is actually little danger of overheating as the IMP500 has a built-in current protection unit that prevents the mobile device from accepting more than the capacity of its own battery.

However, the designers of the IMP500 welcome such feedback and are determined to improve an already great product by addressing minor concerns such as these at the earliest possible opportunity. There are plans to adjust the LED trigger threshold of the next generation of the IMP500 so that the unit will automatically turn off when the charging is done. This is also one other good thing about the IMP500; the manufacturers stress not only excellence in product design, functionality and safety, but also after sales service. All concerns are addressed immediately with a minimum of fuss or dispute.

IMaxPower has been in the battery extender business since 2003 and has continuously come up with better products that satisfy the needs and address the concerns of the mobile device user. The increasing demand for the latest model IMP500 is testimony to its capabilities, and the people behind IMaxPower are determined the product will continue to go beyond expectations of its customers by unflagging research and development of an already amazing product.