Cell Phone Battery Life Tips

Try lowering the brightness or backlight of your screen of your cellphone.The vibrate mode uses a lot of power, disable it if not needed. Disable push email or constant email checking or set interval longer. Reduce the number of email accounts and or their frequency checked. Avoid using the cell camera’s flash. Turn off the Bluetooth, Wifi, GPS functions if you do not always use these features. Download applications and music on your home computer and synch to your cell phone. Disable background applications like Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

Additional Apple Tips

Apple’s iPhone section has a page with additional battery life tips. Some of the more useful ones are turning off notification, Push email, lowering screen brightness, turning off Wifi, location services, and Bluetooth. Turning off sounds made when unlocking and sending e-mail will also help battery life. Applications that constantly run, such as Facebook, Pandora, and Skype also drain the battery. OS 4 or newer users can turn off background tasks.

More charges. Less waste.

The recently introduced Apple Battery Charger has one of the lowest standby power usage values or “vampire draw” of similar chargers on the market. That’s the energy most chargers continue to draw after their batteries are fully charged. The Apple Battery Charger senses when its batteries are done charging and automatically reduces the amount of power it needs. In addition, the reusable batteries that come with each Apple Battery Charger are designed to maintain a high charge capacity for hundreds of charges, so you no longer have to buy new batteries or toss them every few months.

The smarter way to charge.

When the Apple Battery Charger recharges your batteries, it not only maximizes battery performance and lifespan, it also conserves energy. Thanks to an intelligent power management system, the Apple Battery Charger uses less power once your batteries are fully charged, making it one of the most energy-efficient rechargeable battery solutions ever. The Apple Battery Charger can recharge one or two batteries at a time. It’s optimized for Apple-supplied batteries and it also works with AA NiMH batteries from other companies, too.

Fully loaded. And then some.

Each Apple Battery Charger comes with six high-performance AA NiMH batteries: two for your keyboard, two for your mouse or trackpad, and two for charging. Unlike many other reusable batteries, these batteries have an incredibly long service life. Which means you can finally break the cycle of buying and disposing of those single-use alkaline batteries. The batteries that come with the Apple Battery Charger kit also have an extraordinarily low self-discharge rate. Even after a year of sitting in a drawer, they still retain 80 percent of their original charge. That way you always have backup power when you need it.

The charger kit costs $29 and includes six Apple batteries touted to last for up to 10 years. The charger can also work in other countries as well. See the Apple site for more info.

Solio Mono-a

The Solio Mono-a is the perfect compact power companion for charging your new iPhone or iPod on the go. This multi-device hybrid solar charger boasts an all-new compact design with a single solar panel; a 1650 mAh Lithium-Ion internal charging battery to enable quick re-charging of your devices; plus compatibility with more than 3200 other mobile products.The Solio Mono-a is simple to use. Just charge it up; attach a cable and press the Start button. it’s the only solution you’ll ever need to keep your music playing and your iPhone communicating as desired.

Multi-device charger

Power any iPhone and a variety of iPod models, as well as other handheld electronic devices through the Solio universal tip system. It can charge GPS devices, digital cameras, LED lights, radios, speakers and more.

Power storage

Charge your iPhone and iPod anytime day or night through the integrated 1650 mAh Li-Ion battery. This rechargeable and replaceable battery stores power for up to one year and charges a typical iPhone up to 70% when at full capacity.

Hybrid charger

Charge anywhere on Earth. Plug into the sun and charge the Solio Mono-a through its long life (15 year) solar panel or use the included cable to charge from a USB port.

Features

• Compatible with iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G and various iPod models
• Tip compatibility for thousands of other electronic devices
• Rugged design to withstand the elements
• Integrated charging level indicator tells you how much power is available
• Four levels of power protection circuitry to prevent over-charging
• Holds charge for up to one year
• Helps you save money and the environment

Solio also offers a few other types of solar battery chargers like the Classic, Rocsta and MAG which are available at Solio and Apples respective online store sites as well as many other electronic stores.