TiPb Give-Away: HyperMac Nano Battery for iPhone/iPod
The HyperMac Nano by HyperShop is an external battery for iPhone and iPod with a built in charging cable. It's highly portable, looks and feels great, and is made of 1800mAh lithium ion which provides up 1.5 times full recharge of the iPhone.
To learn more and get details about the give-away, follow us after the break!
The design of the HyperMac Nano is very slick and reminds me a cigarette lighter. With dimensions of only 3.4" x 1.5" x 0.55", the battery will fit easily into your jeans or jacket pocket for easy portability. The rounded edges of the aluminum casing also feels nicely in your hands. The HyperMac comes in 9 stylish colors; yes, the same 9 colors available for the iPod nano.
What makes the HyperMac Nano unique to other external batteries is the built in charging cable. Underneath the cap you will find both male and female 30-pin sockets plugged into each other. The cap also conveniently snaps magnetically to the bottom of the battery so you don't lose it when the battery is in use.
To charge the HyperMac Nano, just plug your iPhone cable into the female socket; and to charge your iPhone, plug the male socket into your iPhone. When the HyperMac Nano is plugged into a power source, a blue light will indicate that it is charging and a green light will mean the charge is complete.
When on the go, I found the HyperMac Nano more convenient than an extended battery because it did not increase the length of my iPhone. I could easily fit them together in my jacket pocket without fear of them falling out because the short cable is long enough to rest the battery behind my iPhone and so nothing sticks out of my pocket.
In conclusion, I found the HyperMac Nano to be a great and stylish way to give my iPhone some extra juice.
Now for the give-away! Just leave a comment below and let us know why HyperMac Nano will be a great addition to you life. We'll pick one of you randomly and send you a silver HyperMac Nano. (The exact one you'll receive is this reviewed unit). You need a valid email address and a US shipping address to enter. The contest starts now and ends Sunday, March 14, 2010.
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I would use it for work, school, and everyday life
This looks sweet! Got a classy looking finish and I like the idea of 1800mAh!
You can never have too much extra power for your iPhone!
I would use this at work and the coffe shop where I study! Very cool!
Very cool. Have the Griffin Power Jolt and it's completely substandard. Only gives about 20%.
I'd use it for charging at work and on the ride home.
These days, I'm using my iPhone for almost all my work calls, listening to podcasts or audiobooks to and from work, it's my commo channel to my significant other, as well as my to do list, grocery list, alarm clock . . . Keeping it charged is a complete hassle . . . If I don't win this solution, I'm probably going to have to buy it (or something like it)!
wow 1.5 charges , pretty damn good gotta admit. might actually get me a full days worth of phone use
This would be great for traveling. There's times when I'm away from a charger for two days and I'm struggling to keep a charge. This would keep me from having to bring a bulky charger. Week long camping trips wouldn't be much of a challenge anymore.
This would be an awesome life extender. I use my iPhone all day. Sometimes there nowhere to charge up. This would remedy that!
I would love to have one. My iPhone's battery is constantly running low on juice it feels like.
Nice! That would get me clear through a day of heavy usage and would be fantastic for weekends away
I am always running out of battery life on my old 2g iphone!
More power, more power, more power!
This looks like a great device, one in which I would love to use on a plane, on the beach, anywhere and everywhere.
I'm constantly on my iPhone 3GS throughout the day. I use a navigation app often, along with games during my work breaks. The battery sometimes will die during the middle of the day (depending on usage). The HyperMac Nano Battery would be incredibly useful. I've wanted one since seeing it at MacWorld. Hopefully now I can finally have one!
I need one of these because my iPhone battery refuses to last all day.
i have the old 3g and the battery life is killing me
I'm the husband of one and father of three iphone moochers. I'm charging two to three times a day. I'd love to tell them, "get your own," but they're too young to pay for it, and my wife is just too cheap when she can just use my iphone. ...I guess I'll just keep chargin'. But this looks like a pretty nice solution.
May I please have one. I'm always using up the battery on my 3gs. I love the podcast too and TiPB is first in my rss feeds. Great job!
Need it because I seem to run out at the most inopportune times.
Everyone knows that the battery life of an iPhone is it's weakest link in regards to everyday use. As such, this would be used in the afternoons when my iPhone decides it wants a nap!
This would be great b/c my battery hardly ever lasts a full day.
It will save my life when my iphone dies during meeting times or away from a charger....
I use my 3gs for work, school and play. It is nice to be able to answer my students' emails on my phone, but I have to fetch too much for my poor battery.
I work with lions 5 days a week and when i am not cleaning a cage or washing one i am on the phone. i could really use a charging battery.
I use my iPhone in the field...where they don't have convenient plugs. Being able to play plants versus zombies while I am out in the woods, waiting for mosquitoes to bite me, and NOT having to worry about losing my charge would be great!
The standard iPhone batery I weak weak weak... The HyperMac Nano fixes that!
This would be cool. I've tried almost every external battery or battery case out there and have yet to find one that actually works.
I use my iphone all day in my job as a Realtor, but often I can charge the phone at the office or car. However, I could see the HyperMac Nano being very useful in places that I have a hard time finding a charge: Airplane travel watching movies or playing games, Golf Course (no calls, just e-mail and GolfShot GPS), and also on the family camping trips. The 1 1/2 times charge from the HyperMac Nano would make life much easier in these areas.
I work at Bungie, the Halo guys, and we are exclusively an iPhone shop. We all carry extra chargers and cables around because we USE our iPhones for almost all our email. How much would I love to be able to pull this out at the next meeting and keep my iPhone running in style without the need for an AC jack? Have I mentioned I also suggest iPhone accessories? 230 iPhones. 230 people wanting this charger.... hint
I would use the HyperMac Nano by HyperShop to slowly take over the world. I will charge the charger at public places saving me tons of cash. I will then use the money to build my army of Iphone drones. Those drones will be powered by the HyperMac Nano by HyperShop allowing them to "take over" for 1.5 more times then normal. Then I will film a reality show with the drones, showing the world that they are more then just machines. Everyone will then feel bad for the drones forgeting that I put them up to it in the first place. It's a win-win for everyone!!
At work, at home, and definitely on the road.
I would use this whil making paintings in the Layers app. After a few hours of painting, the battery is not so happy.
My wife could actually use one of these for when she's traveling for work
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This looks awesome! I would love to be able to use my iphone without worrying about reaching 20% my mid afternoon! And as a bonus it just look so sexy
Not always by my home, car, or work charger and having that extra battery juice in a portable package can definately be a life saver!
I bought one of the cheapo 15 dollar iphone/ipod external batteries over the holidays, but it was so fragile I was only able to use it for a month or so before the dock connector (i assume) bent too much.
An external battery is AMAZINGLY useful. Even when you're in the house, just to have it charging in your pocket and not in the other room is handy. Mostly this would be a boost for airplane rides. I travel a lot and am always scoping where the nearest plug to the gate is.
With the short battery life of the iPhone this is almost required equipment. It should be part one of the accessories that come with the iPhone.
Maybe I'll make it through a meeting-filled day without making a pitstop at my desk for more juice!
This is a perfect fit, 'cause I'm, well, a bit hyper (at least in my iPhone usage.) Every day I find more useful apps on the App Store, and my battery is sagging beneath their weight. I've been hearing the hype about these battery packs, and I'm ready to welcome one into my daily routine. Make me a proud papa!
I really want one of these. I use my iPhone a lot for about everything and I'm almost always running out of juice. Not only would this extend the battery life, but it also makes it easy to re/charge at the same time.
Please hook me up TiPb!!
The answer to a prayer. I depend on my iPhone more and more lately. Especially at work. I dispatch for an ambulance company. Emails fly constantly. Texting to reach crews in radio dead spots. Etc. Etc. Etc. This would be the perfect insurance policy'
And maybe I'll type my email address properly too... First post was wrong.
Frankly, I always feel like these "Tell us how you would..." kind of contests always strike me as a throwback to the "What I did on my summer vacation" essays from grade school.
Nevertheless, I'd give it to my wife. She always forgets to charge her iPhone, and it is frequently running out of power. If she had this in her purse, I might actually be able to get a hold of her.
When wouldn't i need this... I can never make it throught the day with enough juice!
As a boy scout leader it would be great to be able to take the boys on a hike and have enough power in the iPhone to use the GPS so we can find our way back. Being lost in the woods is no fun.
As you know, gaming is being developed to a much greater level. This would allow me extra time if not around a power source!!
This would be a huge help when I go to conferences and I don't have access to a computer during the day - I can keep my iPhone charged all day while checking e-mail etc.
I'd use it for the gym after work. My iphone always runs out of battery power because I use it during meetings to browse, and by the time I want to go to the gym, the battery's nearly dead.
I'd like to use it to replace the POS JuicePack Air I just bought. What a piece of garbage that is.
Well you just never know when you might get stranded out it the wilderness and need your GPS to find your way out only to find your battery is in the red. Ah but I have my extra battery.
Sometimes I forget to charge it at night before I go to sleep, so having this at work for the commute in would be great!
I cant think of where I WOULDNT use this.
Going to London in a few months, could sure use this for the plane ride.
Need one of these for the wife's iPhone!
This could save my day if I ran out of battery. A strategic companion for everyday.
It would allow me to use my iPhone as my de facto PC without worrying about charging
I'd use the HyperMac Nano to keep my iPhone running on long flights!
It would allow me to keep my iPhone alive throughout the long day, and on vacations!
I am not any more special than those posting, obviously, I just need a backup battery especially for traveling on planes. This one looks great.
Would be nice for when I'm listening to my iPhone at work and it's pushing the battery limit because of it's compact size, I would be able to put in my pocket along with my phone.
This would be great for me because I'm never home and always running around. Subsequently, I'm never charging my itouch.
I am a student in 4th year college and taking a study break and catching up on all the new gadgets out there and can't believe I've been under a rock for so long.
This would be amazing gift idea for the girl I'm seeing at school, she always talks about how her phone doesn't last through the day recording lectures, checking emails, and listening to music. Selected or not I want to thank you for sharing this!
I would use it to fake people out. They would be like "why are you plugging a lighter into your iPhone?," and I'd be like, "dude, I'm not! I'm charging it!!"
Great tool! Been considering one of these type devices. This looks like one of the best I've seen.
Great way to extend the iPhone's battery life and still have excellent form factor with its small size.
I currently have chargers set up at my home, my desk at work and in my car. It would be great not to need one of those during the day.
I just wanna be able to charge my phone on the go
Used something very similar for my old Palm Treo. Miss it greatly for my iPhone. Would use it for traveling (when listening to music or watching video on long flights), at work, at play, almost anywhere!
I do a lot of traveling so it would help out tremendously!!
As a regular business traveler I'm constantly killing my battery, and filling up between airport hops is definitely a pain. This looks like a fantastic solution.
I would Love to have this. Been lookin into portable power options. My battery doesn't seem to hold enough charge. Or maybe I just use it too much! lol
Echo many of the comments above. I travel quite a bit and this would allow me to leave one charger at the hotel or in my rollerboard bag while keeping just the battery in one of the side pockets. I needed this last week at a conference!
this would solve a problem i have plus it looks very cool.
I jailbreak and use a bunch of extensions and addons which drain the battery. This would be very helpful.
Seems like a cool product. I've been looking for an external charger like this but haven't decided on one. Winning this giveaway would be great!!!
Definitely good giveaway here. I've recently started listening to internet radio and if I wasn't plugged into a power source doing it i'd run outta juice. Would be good to carry that around just in case.
This would be an awesome product to have so I can use my iPhone past the point of drainage... Pick me, pick me... Show that TiPb luvs me as much as I love them...
It seems I never have enough juice to make it through a day, let alone a multi-day hiking or business trip. This sure would help matters!
I Would love to have this. Thanks
great for the end of day commute home
Have an 8 hour flight coming up at the end of march, this would be ideal for being able to watch that extra movie and keeps the games going a bit longer.
Great for a "need to charge but don't have time to wait", looks nice too. Cheers.
This would be awesome for my trip to Orlando for the Harry Potter Wizarding World. My friends and I anticipate spending hours in lines and we'll be entertaining ourselves with my iPhone. Even if I did win I would probably buy a second one because going without my iPhone is like going without oxygen.
This would be great for the times I'm up in the sky traveling. I have been looking for an external battery and I must say this one is really catching my eye. help a brother out guys
I would definitely have a use for this battery. Thanks for the sweet review.
The HyperMac Nano will be a great addition to my life because I use my iPhone in the bathroom a lot and there's no charger in there so I could continue to tweet and poop. Thanks.
I want one cause you're giving it away, not to mention my iPhone is an energy vampire...get on it Apple!
My phone is always dying by the end of the day! After a day of classes and no charging, it's always a rush to charge before it's completely dead lol.
I would get it for my wife, she forgets to charge her iphone overnight.
As much as I use my iPod and iPhone this would be a good, needed, accessory.
I totally want this! It is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen!! I'm such a procrastinator when it comes to charging my phone, and sometimes it dies in the most inconvenient places.
I would like to give it to a friend as a gift.
I so wish I could enter this contest !
Me wants, can haz?
My iPhone loses power at the most inopportune moments. THIS, my friends, would make sure I never miss a call from my dealer, ever again.
I'm planning a trip to New York City in May, and I know I'll be streaming tons of video on Ustream during the trip. This will drain my battery quickly, so I was planning on getting an external battery. This would be perfect!
Need to recharge in the field, away from power.
I'd love this. One of the more stylish battery packs, for sure.
I'm heading to the Coachella Festival next month and 8 hours at a concert in the desert does a number on your battery...one of these puppies would be perfect for the long days.