14 DAY TRIAL // QuickerTek has started shipping an external battery pack specifically designed for iPad users. The powering unit allegedly adds 20 additional hours to the iPad mobile power. It can do so thanks to the highest charged Li-Ion density batteries that are available, its maker claims.
The new device is a 10,000 mA hour Li-ion Polymer Battery (45 W hour) claimed to be rated for over 2,000 charge cycles. It boasts advanced safety devices with failsafe protection, temperature and charge/discharge controls, as well as automatic cell balancing, and can fully recharge an iPad in three hours, according to QuickerTek. In fact, it can power any USB-chargeable device. The battery pack has only been optimized for Apple devices.
“Our iPad charger interface device was born out of necessity - we have also designed external batteries and a solar charger for the iPad. This clever little interface guarantees that not only will the USB port charge - but it also displays the level at which the charge is taking place,” QuickerTek says.
“The case is machined aluminum that has been anodized,” the company adds. “With two USB ports you plug in to recharge the battery by using the Apple or any other USB charger. Which means no more lugging around an extra charger. The battery has 10 LED's with a push button fuel gauge to display the external battery's [sic] charge level. With two USB port's you cano [sic] power or charge the iPhone, iTouch, and any 30 pin iPod simultaneously and it provides the correct internal circuity,” the description goes.
QuickerTek has also announced an inexpensive monitoring tool to track the charging of the iPad’s internal battery. According to QuickerTek, “The iPad indicator does not always provide complete information when it comes to knowing two things: whether or not the USB port is charging the iPad and the speed/power draw that the USB port supplies to the iPad. Since not all USB ports provide the same amount of power, confusion is common.” The innovator of power products, antennas and RF devices claims its iPad USB Charge Monitor/Activator supplies this information, and then some. Learn more here.