Must Have iPhone Accessories

After being able to play around with an iPhone 4 I have decided to wait a while before I upgrade my 3GS, especially with the 4.0 OS upgrade it has all the major features I thought were missing before: multi-tasking, background wallpapers, spell check and folders. I’m in love with my iPhone all over again. I also want to see how the iPhone 4 reception issue gets resolved by Apple. Simply telling people to hold the phone a different way is pretty weaksauce and bad design. It is common sense that people grip the phone a certain way.

Now that I can multi-task the iPhone has become my sole gym accessory. I can listen to music through Pandora while recording my workouts on dailyburn. However since I use my iPhone so much to check 5+ email accounts, surf the web, tweet, check facebook and watch youTube videos battery life was an issue. I found myself having to charge my iPhone at least 2-3 times a day.

One of my business partners told me about the Energizer Battery Cases that can extend your battery life by almost double the usage. The energizer battery is 1500 mAH and I wanted to see if there was something that would last even longer. I found the New Trent IMP550 3G 3Gs iPhone External Backup Battery Case 5000mAh for only $31.95 on Amazon… it extends my iPhone battery usage by over 3.5 times! Since I travel so much, stopping to recharge my iPhone was always a hassle.

Prior to buying the New Trent IMP550 Battery Case I bought the 1900 mAH one, however after a month of usage the jack to recharge the case broke! What I like about the IMP550 is that it uses the same cord as the iPhone, so it is more durable and convenient when traveling to just take the regular iPhone usb cord with me. The 5000 mAH capacity is insane as well.

Another accessory for the iPhone I love is the Motorola S9-HD Bluetooth MOTOACTIV Stereo Headset. Now you have to take Bluetooth headsets with a grain of salt, the music sound quality will not be as good as top of the line wired headphones and the bluetooth call quality will not be as good as the headsets dedicated to just phone calls, however the Motorola S9-HD Bluetooth is pretty damn convenient and good quality in both music and call reception. The only drawback being if you are outdoors the iPhone will need to be in your back pocket or on arm band for best bluetooth reception. But compared to what else is available I like this one the best… Not having to deal with wires while working out (and have the headset stay on my head), I can listen to music, skip tracks and then with a touch of a button make a call.