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(More customer reviews)As someone who quickly runs out of battery life with my iPod Touch 2G, I looked forward to the Mophie Juice Pack specifically made for the 2G.The item comes packaged like a small iPod, and has a nice rubber-like skin.It needed a charge, so I plugged it in for several hours.
It was at this point the first design flaw became apparent.The Mophie uses it's own charger cord with a micro USB end.Unfortunately if you have the iPod Touch inserted into the Mophie case, it does not sync at all.I guess I could deal with now having to use two separate cords - one to charge my iPod Touch and one for the Mophie - but it is unnecessarily cumbersome for such a device.
But a second design flaw greatly disappointed me.Noticing that my iPod Touch 2G was relatively quiet, I realized what was advertised as a "pass through" jack for headphones was in reality not a pass through at all.The headphone jack in the Mophie case is recognized by the iPod Touch as a pair of headphones... and consequently it silences the internal speaker.
That's right.With your iPod Touch inside the Mophie case, you cannot use the internal speaker to play games or watch videos.I've emailed Mophie Tech Support and there is no way around this.As they suggest, you simply have to use headphones or you get zero sound when your iPod Touch 2G is in the case.Not very design friendly when the KEY upgrade from the iPod Touch 1G to iPod Touch IS the addition of the internal speaker.
While that might not seem like a big deal to some, the Mophie Juice Pack is being marketed as a product DESIGNED FOR the iPod Touch 2G.Shouldn't the internal speaker have been taken into consideration?Wouldn't a better design have been a small hole which allowed the user to plug their headphones into the iPod Touch if they so desired?That would have left the internal speaker available for use.
So can I recommend the device?Well it didn't give me seven hours of video, but it did give me about three (and only with headphones).Much better than the standard included battery.But the two design flaws: requiring two cords for charging with no sync ability, and the silencing of the internal speaker make me suggest you consider some of the other after market batteries out there for the iPod Touch 2G instead of buying something that actually subtracts capabilities from your iPod Touch in order to deal with a low battery.
Not Recommended.
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UPDATE 20 APRIL 2009
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Unfortunately prolonged use of this product has proven extremely disappointing.The battery life is highly unpredictable and can drain unexpectedly from a single day's use without barely being turned on.I am not a heavy user; however, on many occasions I have charged the battery overnight, plugged it into my iPod Touch 2G for the day, and by the next morning found the Mophie battery completely drained and my internal battery being used.On other occasions, the battery lasted as much as 2-3 days.But the unpredictable nature is highly unacceptable from a product that claims to extend the battery life as much as advertised.My original review gave the product two stars, but frankly with the battery so unreliable and no way to recharge the pack without a USB port of a computer nearby, I would heartily change my review to simply one star: No sound, no sync, no way to recharge iPod Touch 2G with the included adapter cord, and now the shoddy unpredictable battery life.
HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED.
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Product Description:
The All-New mophie Juice Pack for iPod Touch 2nd Gen is designed to more than double the time you can Watch, Rock, Surf and Send with your 2nd Gen iPod Touch Sync with iTunes without disconnecting your Juice Pack with the included USB cable! The Juice Pack for iPod touch 2nd Gen is a rechargeable lithium polymer battery in the form of a non-slip, soft grip case. It extends the time that you can use your iPod Touch in these ways (additional hours): Audio Playback - Up to 24 hours Video Playback - Up to 7 hours All juiced up and ready to go… straight out of the box.
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