Mobile phone accessories and gadgets

[mik]

I thought i would start a thread for smart phone gadgets and accessories, just about every body has phones and the vast array of goodies that are available for them ............... it's like being a kid in a candy shop .

On the subject of extra battery time, yes i have a spare battery i can just throw in my note 2, it takes about a minute with my clumsy old fingers, however i wanted something maybe a little better, and i'm always on the lookout for a good smart phone gadget........... anyway while looking for a better protective case for phone in one of the many phone places , the girl behind the counter showed me a case with an inbuilt battery.

According to the specs the case battery capacity is about the same size as the 3100 mAh one in my note, however it doesn't seem to translate into the same hour time as the standard phone battery, i would say it gives about10/12 hours of medium use, probably about half of a charge compared to the factory battery,
which i think is still a pretty fair buffer zone.
the way it works is you plug a micro usb into the bottom of the case, and it will immediately start to charge with or without the phone in it, there are 4 tiny lights on the bottom of the case showing charge state.
when you wish to charge the phone push a the button next to the lights and away it goes, the lights flash away 4,3,2,1.

It's not bad, but a couple of small flaws for this particular one, the finger access in the case so you can push the power button on the right hand side and the volume/camera zoom button on the left are a bit tight for a fat fingered buggers ............ but nothing a bit of creative artistry with a dremel cant fix ,
also like a lot cases, the case cover has no stay shut mechanism,
so if you drop the phone and it lands face first and with the extra weight of the battery case, a big chance your gonna damage the phone, i will have to invent something to keep it shut(my kingdom for a black lacker band !),

A small whinge is there is no access to get the pencil/s pen out the phone once it's in the case, can't be helped i suppose, it is a small thing but, it would not have been too hard to put a little pocket in the hinge area to keep it.
flaws aside it is still handy to have that extra bit of battery reserve and hopefully a bit of protection for the phone.
there is the added bonus of if someone trys to mug you, if the mugging party gets a good wack on the side of the scone with the now heavier and solid phone he's gonna be having sleepy time .