Gorilla Gadget Battery

I actually broke down and bought an extended battery for the Evo. I bought the 3500 maH battery from gorillagadgets.com. They suggest cycling from completely full to completely empty.

So, I charged it all the way, while I waited for that to charge, I ran my stock battery empty from 100% in just under 3 hours using slingbox. I then ran gorilla gadget battery the same way, slingbox running off of 3g, screen on the whole time and got 5:45. Not quite double the battery life, but close.

I ran it down the second time, this time with 4g, wifi (on, not connected), bluetooth, GPS all on. It ran for 4 hours and 45 minutes.

The third charge was more of a real world test for me. I took the phone to work for the 1st time. Normally at work I have very weak signal, and struggle to get 6 hours without having to change the battery. After a 9 hour work day my phone was at 60%. It wasn't the heaviest of use days, but I managed to listen to music for 6 hours, text, web and read some articles on pulse.

I ended up just letting the phone run down naturally on its own it worked, in the end the screen on time was just over 3.5 hours. So far I am happy with the purchase all in all.

Cell Phone Skins

I used to have a cell phone cover for my phone. It was a tad bulk and I got sick of it, so I recently purchased a cell phone skin for my phone in an attempt to "change it up." It looked very cool from the online photo, and I was excited to get it on my phone. It looked great for a few weeks, but as with most things... I began to get tired of the same design. I think that skins are a good idea in principle. The issue with the skin is that it is a semi-permanent cover for your phone. Sure, you can remove it... but once you take it off, the skin is ruined, and you need to buy a new one. For this reason, I am not an advocate for skins in general. I think the fact that they don't have the ability to change is real deal-breaker for me. Typically, when a skin is removed, it will never again adhere quite as well as the first time. You can remove the skins, but once removed it is typically discarded. What if there was a way to reuse phone skins? 

I will look into this and report back!

Hello World

Hi All,

This is my first transmission. This blog will be about reviewing new tech gadgets and the like. I have connections to hear about new technical gadgets before they hit the streets and become mainstream.