FastMac has announced that it is shipping the iV, a three-in one charging kit for the iPhone. It costs $79.95. The iV provides extended battery life — up to three times as much, according to FastMac. It additionally incorporates a built-in LED for illuminating pictures taken with the iPhone’s built in camera (it doubles as a flashlight in low-light settings), along with a charger for boosting the battery life of your Bluetooth headset.

FastMac claims the iV paired to an iPhone provides up to 24 hours of talk duration, 31 days of standby, more than 20 hours of video playback and 72 hours of audio playback day.

The iV connects to the iPhone’s dock connector and cradles the iPhone (separate versions are available for the iPhone and iPhone 3G). A full-sized USB port is built in, so it can potential up a Bluetooth headset, digital camera or other device that recharges using USB capability. The case is molded out of a soft-touch non-slip material. The bottom

is contoured so the iPhone can still be docked and charged inside Apple’s own iPhone Dock and Universal dock; it incorporates speaker chambers that reflect the iPhone’s sound up and out towards the listener.

FastMac’s iV is compatible with all models of the iPhone, including the iPhone 3G. Its dock connector port can plus connect to and charge all models of the iPod nano & iPod touch. Thanks to its secondary charging port, the iV is additionally compatible with any electronic device that can be charged via a standard USB cable & matching potential connector (such as a Bluetooth headset, digital camera, another iPod and even another phone). According to the USB-IF, a non-profit organization of USB developers & manufacturers, more than 1000 devices can be powered using the iV’s secondary charging port

Reference:
http://fastmac.com/press/pr_58.php

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