The iCel battery pack runs your iPod for up to 200 hours

Sure, your piddling iPod battery might make it through a commute or two, but how about a cross country road trip? And back? Well, Lithium House has just what the doctor ordered with their iCel external battery packs for the iPod, coming in 50, 96, and 200 hour varieties. (Ok, so this road trip of yours probably won't involve a lot of sleeping.) Sadly, you're not going to be charging up any 5G iPods with this thing, it's a Firewire only affair, and those shiny newcomers only support USB — we guess you'll just have to console yourself by watching Thriller for the 904th and 905th times, while softly petting the nearly scratch free black surface of your new iPod. Forget all that.

[Via TUAW]

[Jimmy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Actually the new 5th Gen iPods can still charge via FireWire. They just don't let you transfer information over it anymore.

[Tobias @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

The 5G iPod can charge over firewire, it just can't transfer data over it. So this should work. Or is there something I'm missing?

[Roman Baker @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Actually, even though the 5G iPods will only sync with USB, they will still charge with FireWire. I found this out on accident when I only packed a FireWire cable with me on a business trip. I plugged it in and said I needed USB to sync. But it charged it up no problem.

[rob @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

I thought I read in a blog about the PSP version of this iCell that there was a firewire to USB adaptor. Couldn't that work here for 5G iPods?

[Finished.Law.School @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

But will it get scratched after being used?

[rizali @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Good Product, i hope can using this for the first time.

[Josh @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

You know, actually, I think it can charge via firewire.

[peteremcc @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

why not just get a cigarrette car charger... $15! :D

[sixlocal @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Dear Peteremcc,

Not all of us have/need/want cars.

[FSK1138 @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

YES!!!!!

[mark @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

NO!!!!!!

[ray @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Yeah, it would be the perfect thing for us hikers/hitchhikers out there...

[furtim @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

It might not last 200 hours, but... http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000270029372/

[Motorola 3G Victim @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Yeah, you get that amusing one time "You can only charge this ipod via firewire you can't sync it. Please click center to dismiss this message" after you've seen that message 50 times you realize Apple has sunk to nagging you to buy the new USB charger brick. >:-(

Did anyone else notice:
A) They're all back ordered, every single model.
B) The 200 hour model is $199 on the main page and $249 in the cart? Hmmmm!

[Brian @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Right, right. The example in the article must be referring to a trip on a bus, train, or even a plane. I don't know why anyone would even consider buying one of these when they could easily buy an FM transmitter or hook up their iPod directly to their car stereo while keeping it charged up with a cheap iPod car adapter.

Brian

[apeguero @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

It's so I can use it while I'm in my Stryker vehicle, cruising down the street, with my homies in Down Town Baghdad BLVD looking for some "insurgents", copy that? Stryker vehicles, as most other Military vehicles, don't have no stinkin' lighter adapter and I'm sure Mr. and Mrs. Husseini ain't gonna let me borrow their wall socket so I can recharge.

No, on a serious tip. This would be good for those long Military missions be they training or the real deal.

[Phil @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Isn't that just a UPS?, cool idea but I can't see any info on weight?, anyone know?

[brenda @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Come on! I live in a big city in Europe with a 'fairly good' public transport system, but when I visit the US, I have access to a car (and for now complete with cigarette lighter) as not every area has public transport. My family still live in the country or suburbs so they need a car. Peteremcc is right.

[benhc911 @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

does this work with the nano? because with the flash memory... the battery life would be insane, it already gets 16 hours from the smallest lithium cell IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA lol

[homer @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

whatta ugly apple knock off website and apple knock off logo they have. Booooooooo

[Dimplemonkey @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Seems like the model on their website is enjoying more than just 50 hours of music! LOL!

[Bigfat @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Does this sort of feel like a scam to anyone else? The price jumps to $250 when you add it to your cart, everything is on backorder, their actual shopping section lists different products, all the pictures are just renders and a lot of the site is just non functional or re-directs. Maybe I'm just a little paranoid this morning. :P

[college student @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

i kinda like the site and logo

[fred @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

hii i like it all i think its a great product!

[Bible and Apologetics Teacher @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Hmmm... 200 hours = 8.3 days of continuous listening. If you don't feel like charging your battery for a week, raise your hand (and your wallet)!

[Jason @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

I LOVE IT!! ITS MADE IN MY COUNTRY!! azn pride 4 life homies...its made by our people me likies!! me wub it looong time

[Seth @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

go to batterygeek.net - they already have an very nice iPod battery that lasts for a good 92 hours (they say 100, but tests show a little less). Still, it is sleek and elegant, about the size of a deck of cards. it will charge up the 5g iPod np. i would guess around 40 hours of video playback? anyways, the iCell will probably be over $100, and you can get the nice one at batterygeek.net for $75 shipped.

[J.T.G. @ Dec 19th 2005 2:31AM]

Actually the iPod battery at batterygeek.net isn't compatible with the 5G iPods yet. Their Website states: "Not yet compatible with the latest 30GB & 60GB iPod Video or 512MB & 1GB iPod Shuffle models," and "the latest and greatest news as of 11/09/05 is that in 2-4 weeks we will have a special connector cable available which will allow this same battery pack to operate with all the latest 30GB & 60GB iPod Video iPods."

[Matt @ Dec 24th 2005 1:47PM]

Amazon is selling these for $114.99

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CBX2IE

[Michael @ Jan 5th 2006 9:42PM]

Full details are in the review below (it�s long so I haven�t copied it here. but in a nutshell, the wrong battery sent (supposedly larger but I get less runtime than promised), no responses to emails and inconsistent behavior of the battery all make me concerned for my investment if I have any kind of true failure.

I definitely don�t recommend BatteryGeek the company.

http://www.dragonseye.com/blog/archives/52-Update-on-BatteryGeek.htmlFull details are in the review below (it�s long so I haven�t copied it here. but in a nutshell, the wrong battery sent (supposedly larger but I get less runtime than promised), no responses to emails and inconsistent behavior of the battery all make me concerned for my investment if I have any kind of true failure.

I definitely don�t recommend BatteryGeek the company.

http://www.dragonseye.com/blog/archives/52-Update-on-BatteryGeek.html