Brando unites external iPhone battery with speaker at long last

Nothing says "I'm mad as hell about my iPhone 3G's battery life and I'm not going to take it anymore" better than blasting it out of a loudspeaker. Bonus points for that loudspeaker being integrated with a battery pack, which in turn connects to your -- you guess it -- iPhone 3G (or original iPhone, if that's how you roll). Well, $44 to the folks at Brando will buy you that very opportunity, it turns out. Who knew?

[yode @ Aug 28th 2008 3:25AM]

Marlon

[andres @ Aug 28th 2008 3:30AM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando

[OneLove @ Aug 28th 2008 3:52PM]

You know, people have been complaining to apple about product battery life since ipod 1.0 and nothings changed. But they still buy new ipods and iphones and complain.

[woods950 @ Aug 28th 2008 3:33AM]

Can this hook up to an iPod Touch? I really hope the next generation comes with a built in speaker and some dedicated volume buttons.

[Elijah @ Aug 28th 2008 3:45AM]

The next gen. iPod touch will not have either of those.

I'm willing to put money on it.

The iPhone has those, and they are just some of the many reasons to go for an iPhone over an iPod touch. Apple does not care about the iPod touch nearly as much as the iPhone. That's why, when the touch first shipped, it had all these "iPhone not connected" and "iPhone not recognized" messages pop up when it should have said "iPod not connected" et cetera. Also, Apple officially named the OS on the iPhone/touch "OS X iPhone", which kind of hints at the possibility that Apple doesn't give a shit about the iPod touch.

[Mustaine @ Aug 28th 2008 3:38AM]

Network quote FTW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ELleCQvew
"I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

[DraconianSoul @ Aug 28th 2008 4:17AM]

BRANDO - Its got electricity!!!!

[Tim @ Aug 28th 2008 4:48AM]

. . . electrolytes

fail.

[Twitchy @ Aug 28th 2008 6:00AM]

MORE LYTES THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR!!!!!!



Snake eyes!!!

[Ricardo @ Aug 28th 2008 6:48AM]

With iPhone you can never get too big.

[Charles R Hamilton @ Aug 28th 2008 8:42AM]

How about putting stereo bluetooth in that thing? All the bluetooth dongles that I know of stick way out of the connecter and are just begging to be snapped off.

[Julian Emmett Turner @ Aug 30th 2008 6:00PM]

My thoughts exactly, but you should check out the Sony TMR-BT8iP. Like most iPhone A2DP transmitters, you just dismiss the "not made for iPhone" nag screen and it works fine... well, after you put music on your phone (glitches by repeatedly sending the "Play" signal otherwise). It's small and less likely to break.

This needs two things: an A2DP/AVRCP transmitter and an FM transmitter. Otherwise, I'm going to get the charge-through A2DP/AVRCP transmitter from 8bananas.com to rig up on my motorcycle.

Does this allow you to connect an accessory device to the port or is it just for charging through? The other charge-through iPhone batteries I've seen have the full connector but do not support accessories and can only charge through it. In other words, an A2DP adapter won't work. Removing the battery to connect an A2DP adapter only means draining your phone even faster.

[Casey @ Aug 28th 2008 9:56AM]

BRANDO--THE THIRST MUTILATOR!!!! ITS GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE!!!!

[chris @ Aug 28th 2008 11:22AM]

Um, isn't their logo is just the old Palm Graffiti Alphabet...

http://www.computerhope.com/pilot.htm