Pocket charger solves iPhone 5 woes

The Phonesuit is a portable iPhone 5 charger that will give your phone much needed juice while you're on the go. Source: Supplied

ANYONE with an iPhone 5 knows what it's like having to ration their phone use towards the end of the day as their battery life dips below 20 per cent.

All of a sudden those urgent work emails become less urgent, and you're frantically closing all the apps that you've had running in the background, trying to save precious minutes of battery life.

Well, now a mobile phone company has the answer to your prayers.

Phonesuit has designed a portable iPhone 5 charger that lets you charge as you go.

The dongle like device is an external battery designed to work even if your phone has a protective case.

And when you're done charging simply stick your charger back in your pocket and go on your merry way.

Phonesuit claims its charger will boost iPhone 5 battery life by 125 per cent.

Tech site, iLounge tested the device and found it was able to provide a charge of about 116 per cent.

“This falls short of PhoneSuit’s advertised 125%, but is right in line with what we’d expect when compared to past tests,” iLounge wrote.

And yes, it is available to Australians for $70. Postage will cost between $AUD25 and $AUD45 depending on whether you use standard international mail or express from the US. Phonesuit also provides portable charges for the iPhone 4, 4S and iPods.

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Oscar goes to film shot on iPhone

Filmmakers Simon Chinn (L) and Malik Bendjelloul, winners of the Best Documentary Feature award for "Searching for Sugar Man," pose in the press room during the Oscars. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images

THE FIRST Oscar-nominated feature film shot on an Apple iPhone has claimed an Academy Award and its app developer could not be happier.

The $1.99 app, 8mm Vintage Camera, became the first linked to the Academy Awards after Searching for Sugar Man claimed the Oscar for Best Documentary.

The Swedish and British documentary following two men searching for a 1970s musician was partially shot on an Apple iPhone with Nexvio's 8mm app after the production ran out of money.

Director Malik Bendjelloul said the final shots captured on an iPhone were "almost as good'' as the rest of the footage, shot on Super 8 film.

Nexvio president Hongyu Chi told News Ltd he watched the Oscars telecast to cheer on the film, and was "excited" by the result.

"(The) 8mm (app) has been used by a lot of indie musicians in their music videos but (now it has) been used in a feature film – an Oscar-winning film," Mr Chi said.

"That's a surprising and thrilling experience for us."

Despite the accolades, the price of the 8mm Vintage Camera app was unchanged in Apple's App Store yesterday, though its description was changed to reveal its new Academy Award ties.

 

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