Griffin PowerBlock Charger Packs a Spare
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Griffin has been on fire recently, releasing all sorts of simple but ingenious gizmos for the iPod and iPhone. Well, almost on fire — the TuneBuds Mobile earbuds were plain awful. The trend looks to continue (the good trend, that is) with a couple of new chargers. The PowerBlock and PowerJolt Reserves.
These acta as regular chargers for an iPod, iPhone or other USB device (one for the car and one for the home) and are around the same size as the Apple-made version. The twist is that there is a little battery pack in there, too, which charges at the same time as your device. When the juice runs low, pop off the spare and clip it into the dock-connector for a few extra hours of use. The spare battery pack only works with iPods, and if you have a Nano or a Touch, you won’t be listening to any music while it’s plugged in — these models have their headphone jacks down by the dock and this dongle blocks the hole.
Both the car and wall-wart version cost $40, and there is a double pack with both for $60. At so little above the cost of a white, Apple-branded charger, we’d say that this is almost a no-brainer. Available “soon”.
Product page [PowerBlock, Griffin]
Product page [PowerJolt, Griffin]
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