Win a Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 3G / 3Gs!
[THANK YOU, WE HAVE A WINNER! THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATS TO FAITHFUL MACENSTEIN READER VINCENT!]
When you think about it, batteries may be the single greatest invention ever. They give us the freedom to use our electronics virtually ANYWHERE, completely freeing us from having to interact with other people. And probably the greatest battery of them all comes from Mophie, makers of the Juice Pack line of iPod and iPhone external batteries. And probably the greatest battery that Mophie makes is the Mophie Juice Pack Air, the super slim battery and iPhone case combined into one sleek, stylish, black, white, or purple case.
If you have an iPhone 3G, you want the Juice Pack Air. Why? Well, because the iPhone eats batteries for breakfast, and odds are you want an iPhone that still works well after lunchtime. The Juice Pack Air is a rechargeable external battery concealed inside of a protective form-fitting case for the iPhone 3G. It offers you the full protection of a hard-shell case while providing virtually twice the battery life of the iPhone alone; all in an ultra-thin, light-weight, low-profile design.
• The world’s thinnest Apple certified “Works With iPhone” external battery for iPhone 3G and 3Gs!
• Rechargeable 1200mAh lithium polymer battery virtually doubles your time to rock, talk, surf and send.
• Pass-through USB charging and sync with iTunes
• Extended smart battery and full case protection
• On/Off switch offers choice of battery or case
• Integrated 4 LED charge status indicator Iight combines nearly all the battery charging goodness of the Juice Pack (almost doubling your iPhone’s battery life) while protecting it inside a protective form-fitting case.
To enter: Batteries do nothing but bring joy to all that behold them, and are responsible for so many wonderful memories. So this week in order to enter, simply tell us what is the best battery powered item you own, or ever owned? (Keep it clean, people). Was it the giant AT-AT star was toy as a kid? Your digital camera? A Zune? Contest ends July 27th, and one winner will be picked randomly (US residents only this time, sorry folks). Good luck, and thanks for reading Macenstein!
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100% honestly, my iPhone is, by far, the single greatest use of a battery ever. I can’t even imagine not pulling my iPhone out of my pocket dozens of times every day.
I can’t live without my MacBook Pro… desktops just don’t travel well!
My old Gameboy. Kept me occupied on many long car rides.
While without a doubt I love my MacBook - my single greatest battery powered device is my iPhone 3Gs. On a daily basis I’m between 18-20 hours and it never leaves my side. Although quite often I end up lasting longer than it does without a recharge…
Would have to say it was definitely my GameBoy from back in the 80s.
used 4 AA batteries. lots of great memories playing all the good games on it.
My 17″ Macbook Pro MB604LL/A , my battery is simply insane………… not all batteries are created equal.
When the gameboy first came out. One Triple A in a special pokemon game and it would vibrate. At that time a vibrating pokemon game on an old gameboy was amazing. Probably the best!!
My favorite battery powered gadget has to be my iPhone 3GS. The iPhone has saved me many many times already and was totally worth the price of admission.
my sony walkman! it was blue with green ![]()
and of course i used those wrap-around-the-back headphones
My first Discman! It was so cool to be able to take my CDs on the go back in the day.
I can’t lie, I’ve never used any battery powered device more than my iPhones. I literally have to pace myself due to the battery.
My bicycle computer/heart rate monitor. I just can’t help geeking out over my training stats, speed and distances from each ride.
The perfect item for this contest, my iPhone 3G!
I would have to say that the Macbook pro is the best battery powered thing EVER… And hey, it can even power your iPhone and charge that Juicepack.
Of course, this is my first Palm IIIx. It changes my gadget world!
My 2nd gen 20GB iPod. So many great times.
My iphone 3g is easily the best of all. I’ve owned it for a year and have probably used it more than anything else in my life.
My GameBoy Advance! I could play that thing FOREVER and it would still work!
It was a Sony Walkman (or, perhaps, a knockoff made by someone else) in the early to mid 80s. That was when I was really starting to discover good music. I feel that the iPhone (and iPod before that and Discman before that) were extensions of it, but the battery-sucking Walkman was the start.
original gameboy forsure
My Sega Gamegear. It saved my on many roadtrips from asking my parents when we were going to get there. Plus ithad color back when gameboy was only green/black.
My first iBook. It was a gift given by my professor at university in 2001. I still have it and it still kicking with OS 10.4. I just upgraded it’s memory to an awesome 768MB recently.
My iBook G4!! It was shocked when the battery lasted 5-6 hours… (depends of the use)… and the other crappy “x” laptops with the unnamed OS lasted barely 2 hrs… jejejjeje so that’s why I keep my iBook!!
And in 2nd place my iPhone 3G!! xD!!
I love my iPhone and all my modern gadgets… But my fave battery opperated device has to be my custom lightsaber…
It’s a tie between the iPhone and the Macbook Pro
Definitely iPhone 3G. MacBook in second place.
My iPhone 1st, with my MacBook Pro pulling in at a close second
My old school Game Gear. way ahead of its time…
Today, my iPhone. All time, I’d have to say the old Mattel Football and Basketball games. My mom actually kept ours from when we were kids and they’re still fun to play. I have the football one on my iPhone now, but it’ll never be the same as the real thing.
I think my Nokia 3310 was able to stay awake for a week.
I’ve been in love with that blue toy.
My favorite battery powered toy was my 80’s Sony Walkman. It was those yellow water resistant ones. I was able to listen to my Cure’s tapes next to the pool while on my 15 minute breaks as a life guard. Good times.
My laptop has to be the best one so far and it is battery powered. The portability of my laptop (Macbook 13″ Unibody) beats all others.
Capsela. If you don’t know what it is look it up. It was one of my best Christmas presents.
I was a geeky kid.
My iPhone has become the single most important tool I use in a daily basis.
It HAS to be my iPhone. But it’d be that much better if it ran longer on its battery - enter the juice pack!
As much as I loved my “Kit” car from the Knight Rider show that had the red lit front license plate and spoke when you pushed it… I still have to say my iPhones… ! From 1st Gen, to 2nd and now 3rd… I absolutely LOVE my iPhone, and it is without a doubt the single best gadget I have ever owned. Having something to keep it powered longer would be fantastic! I use my iPhone a lot for walking now that it has the built in Nike+, and extra battery power would allow me to go even further, helping me get in even better shape… !
Well my iPhone is up there, as is the first gameboy I ever got… that was pretty awesome, but the best device….
Has to be the remote control zombie walker from thinkgeek. Hours of brain craving fun.
I would have to say any device, toy, or other means of distraction that would have kept my daughters entertained away from their usual cry/destructionfest they would most assuredly have caused in their wake of boredom during a road trip.
I’ll have to go with my old “Simon Says” game. Epic.
I am not S resident !!!
Sorry, it’s not a toy…it’s my Ford F-350
My iPod Mini, my first Apple device and iPod. I’m still using today (after a few warranty claims) as a source of music in my car at all times!
Hungry hungry hippo game.
iPhone 3GS of course!!!
Obviously it’s my 3GS. What else would it be?
My 2008 Honda Element. I know it runs on gas, but without the battery it goes nowhere.
without using mt iPhone as an entry I’d have to say my Sony Alpha dSLR
My Newton MessagePad 130
Currently my MBP, but as a kid deff my GameBoy, that pea green screen saved my insanity on so many 8 hour family road trips to grandmas.
Just telling my wife the other day about the RCA transistor radio my grandfather gave me in 1967. I took it everywhere - not unlike my iPod!
Not to be mundane but it’s my iPhone. I use it a lot on battery power. Go figure.
The best battery powered item that I own is my MacBook, because it can do any that you could possibly want. Whether it be browsing the web to view my favorite website, macenstein.com, or watching my favorite television shows. The amazing MacBook is also very sleek and portable, which makes it the best battery powered item that I own, and the best one ever made!
My iPhone and my 17″ G4 Powerbook, back when the battery would power it for more than 5 minutes.
The second would be the baby swing or music light, which keeps my baby quiet!
I had a battery powered plane as a kid that you weren’t supposed to charge past 2 minuted. I charged it 5 and never saw it again!
Alien Attack by Coleco - a hand held video game I had when I was a kid.
It has to be my laser pointer! I annoy the hell out of coworkers, my children, and small pets with it. A close second is my MBP. The battery in my iPhone is pretty much a disappointment… Which is exactly why I need this Juice Pack Air!!
BTW: The link you have for the Juice Pack Air, http://www.mophie.com/products/juice-pack-air, goes to a 404…
Just so that I don’t mention my iPhone, I’m going to have to say that it’s my garage remote.
My transparent-casing Palm III. Not only did I have fun with it, I could say it was a work aid too.
My electric shaver. Always nice to start the day with a clean shave!
I have to say every cell phone I have ever had. Each one gets better and more to waste my time on. Now the iphone battery sucks but I guess I should cut back on playing games on it.
old school gameboy!
My Mac Portable. What’s not to love. 8Mhz 68000, passive matrix monochrome screen, and…lead-acid batteries. Quarter of a ton of Apple goodness.
I’ve owned a lot of batter powered devices, but I can honestly say that the iPhone is the best. But a really interesting device that I still have is a solar powered AM radio (with rechargeable batteries). It was really ahead of its time (and very expensive) when I bought it.
My iPhone is the single coolest most mind boggling thing that uses a battery.
My second iPhone 3GS has a good battery. The first one I got a couple of weeks ago would drain the battery in half a day. The new one at lasts at least a full day.
I think it’s easily overlooked, but my universal remote control for the DirecTV, TV, stereo, DVD, etc must run off the ether….cause I don’t remember ever changing the batteries….but then it’s a low-requirement item.
I couldn’t think of anything else, but I wanted to enter the contest!
Love my MacBook, gotta have the iPhone, but my video camera is priceless. Love watching video from years past. Now if I had a 3GS, I would have all 3 in one!
I’d have to go with flashlights.
my rechargeable batteries for my Wii remotes. always ready to throw those bowling balls in Boom Blox!
Of course, it has been my old TI-83 Plus calculator!
I’ve had it since high school trig and amazingly it’s only needed new batteries once in 8 years! Sometimes triple A’s aren’t that bad
These days it’s the MacBook Pro, no question - but if you’re thinking all time, I still have fond memories of the old STAR BIRD and BIG TRAK toys from the 80’s…
I’d have to say my old Kenner® Red Line hand held game. No screen, just loud drag racing-like sounds, variable car classes, and bright lights. I drove my folks NUTS with that thing, but I loved it dearly. I still have it…somewhere…may have to break it out for the boy who’ll be 4 soon. Loved that game…can’t recall if it took just one or two 9-volt batteries. I made Ray-O-Vac a rich company on my own back in the day.
My Macbook, how else would I be able to do my homework in the middle of a ranch in rural Texas?
My very first netbook - the HP100LX.
It was the coolest thing to pop in a couple of AA batteries and be able to run Lotus-123, minesweeper and all the other apps in the palm (well, plams) of my hand. And with the PCMCIA modem you could even get on the internet via the terminal. (sigh) The days before graphical web browsing, flash and all this newfangled stuff. And viruses, email bank scams and all the other fun… (wistful look).
I have to chose one? seriously? I menu I love my MacBook Pro. And of course what would my early teen years have been like without the original Game Boy? But I have to say I cannot imagine my life now without my iPhone.
As a kid, I had a sit’n’spin that looked like the Battlestar Galactica (non-licensed, I’m sure) It had a visor that you looked into while you spun and showed led blips while you pulled triggers that made laser sound effects. Definitely the best toy ever. I attribute my almost complete motion sickness immunity entirely to that toy. I sat’n’spun for hours.
So many wonderful things run on batteries. But my favorite was a flashlight. I know it might sound boring, but to me as a young lad it became a light saber (with of course the red or green lenses put in).
I’d have to say my original 1980s vintage Dark Tower board game.
MacBook Pro
My iPhone and MacBook are right up there, but the best battery-powered device I ever owned was this amazing Japanese English electronic dictionary and translator that I used every day for two years while I was living in Japan. It could look up kanji characters, string them together to form words, and then give you different English language translations. Kept me alive while living abroad.
Easily, my iPhone 3GS.
Definitely my iPhone 3G S. I’ve had every model of iPhone and there’s been nothing but improvement. Unless I need to type a document I really have no need for a Mac anymore.
i would have to say the remote to my DVR….Always on the road, love coming home to all my shows.
I have this little pen light that projects an NHL logo. I think I”ve had it for 5 yrs and it’s still running strong. It could be because I never use it as it projects the Oilers logo and I’m a Blues fan. An ex who was an Oilers fan gave it to me as a gag gift.
my 12″ PowerBook G4. it’s still trucking and i rely on it heavily for school.
my tv/vcr remotes, cuz u know it was too much work to get up and pause a movie or turn the volume up or down. LONG LIVE OBESITY!
Oh tough one. I’m gonna go with my TI-82 calculator. First you had to program line by line, THEN you could play pacman in class. Oh it was awesome.
My old shiny 15″ MacBook Pro, had a great battery life and the backlit keyboard was sooo cool, I missed it when it smoked (perhaps the battery was just too powerful?!?)
jeez its either the iphone or the macbook…or the camera. ha. ill go with the iPhone.
My old iBook. The first computer that was mine and I didn’t have to share with my brother… I treated it like garbage and it still works today.
my camera has a great battery. quick to charge and lasts forever!
I purchased a Sharp scientific calculator my freshmen year of college (1985). Not only did this calculator survive the heavy load of a five year undergraduate engineering program but another seven years after that - all on the original batteries. And this was _not_ a solar calculator it really worked for 12 years on a single set of batteries.
Hope I win,
Michael
I used to have a Big Trak that you could program from a TRS 80 CoCo, and it would carry items to my brother’s room and back. I loved how I could make my computer do truly useful things, and my Big Trak’s 6 D cells made that possible!
my grasshopper RC car that did like 30mph
My xbox 360 contoller. I can play games from my bathroom.
It was the Mattel Football game. Played so much, wore the buttons down.
Gameboy Color
Me iPhone 3G, it keeps me going through the day.
as a child, any semi-functional 9-volt powered toy that required you to test the battery charge on your tounge.
All my Palm/Sony PDAs over the years. The iPhone 3GS is the logical culmination of the PDA and that makes it the best PDA of all time.
I had an Armitron. It was a robotic arm from Radio Shack that took eleventy-billion “D” batteries. Maybe it was 4 “C’s.” I’m not sure.
Easily my macbook, its like my 2nd girlfriend
Game Gear from Sega Genesis. I have lots of great memories with that thing. I just wish it didn’t need 8 AA batteries.
It’s gotta one of my laptops, either one. The Macbook pro or the Macbook. I take one of them with me just about everywhere it seems.
My IP 3g. I’ve never used something so much daily. I read my news on it, buy things on ebay at work (dang those firewalls), listen to music on it, im on it, oh yeah and it’s my phone too.
That’s my boring but factual answer. Have a good one!
Besides my iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3Gs…..
My transparent purple gameboy colour…I love that thing.
probably my 4g 40 gig ipod that showed me how much i truly love music. also my 3gs because its so freaking incredible
I want a juice box!
My iPhone and MacBook!
My best has probably been the batteries in my voice recording Millenium Falcon. I’ve had it since elementary school, and it still works!
In the 70s I had (what I thought was) a really cool watch that played 4 video games on it. Monochrome screen, and shapes composed of little black balls on a whitish background. Endlessly distracting and a sign of things to come.
my remote control, you gotta love being lazy…
TV Remote
One of my calculators. Probably my nSpire CAS, or, my macbook pro.
From my childhood…definitely my Talkboy from Home Alone 2.
i like how all the commenters come out when something’s free! .. i comment on even the unpopular stuff!
my best battery powered item was an official navy-issued flashlight. had an extra bulb in the butt of the flashlight, had one of those 90º angled heads so i could clip it onto my belt, etc. for hands free lighting, and — if things hit the fan — i could use it to bludgeon people cause it was heavy with those D batteries in it. (and navy batteries lasted long than any other)
the thing was a beast
Non-Apple? Gotta be the GameBoy Adv a student left on my desk. I bought Banjo Kazooie for it and was hooked solid on it for weeks. I misplaced it, found it a year later, and I still played on that thing for over an hour before it needed to be recharged.
My old gameboy Man that thing kept me entertained for many a long car ride, rainy day, bus ride bored at family house. By far the best other than the iphone that ran on batteries for me
Well, as much as I want to say that its my iPhone, or even my MacBook Pro, technically cars “run” on batteries. I know that they actually run on the engine, but most of the time (if not all), there’s a battery that is needed to power on the car. And since I’m only 18 years old, and my first car is a 2008 $40,000 Mercedes-Benz, I’m gonna have to say that my car is the best “battery powered” item I have ever owned. My iPhone is way up there though, and I think it might even surpass the car if I had one of the juice packs, so hopefully, I’ll win this one, ’cause I never win anything lol.
Without a doubt my iPhone. How can it not be the greatest battery powered device of all?
I think my little mattel pro football game, from way back in the 70’s I think. It had the little football field, and you would move the little red dots with the up n down arrow keys on the handheld. I carried that thing everywhere,and got real good with it. I had that game for at least 3-4 years and played it more often then I’d care to admit to.
My Palm m500. I could go a good week on that thing.
The TV Remote Control
In 1983 I owned my first battery powered laser toy gun. It may not have the huge impact that my MBP and iPhone have had on me, especially from a business standpoint. But for years that little gun kept me entertained. At that time, who needed video games, all the adventures occurred in my head.
Thanks for the great work. I love the site. It is the number Mac blog I follow.
GW
honestly is was my blackberry i had before my blackberry pearl before the original iphone. I think it was an 8300 but i would text and call all day on that and charge it once a week. I was very unbiased about phone batteries until the day i met iPhone lol.
Well, considering my car wouldn’t run without it’s battery, I’m going to say my Subaru.
The first thing that came to mind would be those old lego kits, specifically the Star Wars set that hooked up to your computer.
boring… but definitely my iPhone 3G
My Iphone. It is the single best gadget I have ever owned. I can’t live without that thing. Until the next version….
remote controlled car
old school diskman. saved me in many long road trips with the folks.
My stupid Mass TurnPike original “Fast Lane” transponder.
They said it was supposed to give up and die for a replacement after 5 years, but now close to about 13 years old at it still records my toll-booth usage and debits my bank account accordingly.
Arrrrgh.
I’m going to have to say the mobile that gets me back and forth to work and home every day! Without a battery your car won’t run. Without a running car… I wouldn’t have a job. Without a job… no iPhone. I think you get the idea.
ScottyD
In order of appearance off the top of my head:
1) Remote Control R2-D2
2) AT-AT
3) Powerbook Duo 280c
4) ipod
5) iphone
6) Macbook
My iPhone is the very best battery powered item that I own, and the very best battery powered item that I have ever owned. Hands down.
Even though everyone is saying it, It’s my iPhone.
I hate not being connected, I think I have an addiction, but the first step to getting clean is admitting you have a problem.
GPS. Hands down. With my GPS I can find my way out of almost any situation, and I’m never lost. In fact, with my GPS, I always know where I am.
My blue Sega Game Gear.
My Night Scope
My flashlight. Most versatile for a number of things while having the ability to be super functional with too much dependance on other factors. No cell tower, gasoline, TV monitor, servers.
My flashlight. The most versatile battery operated tool for a number of things while having the ability to be super functional without too much dependance on other factors. No cell tower, gasoline, TV monitor, servers, no other electricity needed!
Best battery powered item… This is a tough one, I mean so many devices over the years, so many toys from days gone by and even now…
I’m going to have to go with the contraptions I built out of a bunch of electronic kits, and jerry-rigged misc old broken electronic devices, creating my own little inventions and experimental devices powered by many assorted batteries, from the simple electromagnet, to programmed robots, as well as many a rube goldberg contraptions with various powered triggers or mechanisms.
That or when I learned citrus could also be a “battery” … science became infinitely cooler when I found that out…
Do my Macbook Pro and my iPhone 3GS both count as one battery powered device if they’re tethered?
I can’t live without either one!
My original GameBoy that was the best battery powered device that I had growing up. I used so many Duracell batteries in that dang thing!
Definitely my walkman which saved my sanity while studying abroad in Ireland.
I had a TurboGrafixExpress (portable turbographics16 |sp!|) that had a TV hookup. It was like 3 pounds, as big and thick as a bible and I could play the same games on it as I could on my TG16 at home. It took 6 AA batteries and would last for about 2 hours on low brightness. So many car rides. So many zombies and giant eyeballs killed in Slaughterhouse… Slaughterhouse iphone app anyone? Just putting it out there.
The best use of a battery power product is my One-Touch ultra mini blood glucose meter. I’ve had it for over a year and half and its still running on the original battery. It hasn’t left me in the lurch.
My BELKIN tunepower for delphi roady xt
My iPhone, hands down. First the original, now the 3GS.
IPHONE!!!!!!!
Has to be without a doubt the IPHONE3GS nothing can compare….
macbook air!!!
I loved the Sega NOMAD even though it ate through batteries like they were delicious candy!
I cant/wont choose between my macbook/iphone. love them both to death.
Vacuum cleaner !
iPod Touch!!!
My Xbox 360 controller! First system I owned that freed me from wires…
15″ MacBook Pro aluminium unibody, with 4 gb ram and snow leopard beta
Tivo remote. They’ve hooked me. I doubt I can ever interact with a TV again without that remote.
My MacBook Air just keeps on running…….
My MSI Wind By far with extended battery. As well my iPhone.
The iPhone is the greatest use of a battery ever. Hands down.
“Matel Electronics Basketball and Football.” Red LED lights and the great sound FX will always bring back great memories. The Head-To-Head models were perfect with friends. I still have the original “Single Player” Basketball model, and it still works great with one nine volt battery.
My RC hovercraft that took about 4 hours to charge for 10 mins of fun!
Hate to say it, but the best battery powered device I own is my iPhone3Gs. Absolutely love the thing.
My new iPhone is the best. The long last battery offers me hours of complete satisfaction!
My iPhone 3GS is the best battery-powered device I’ve ever had!
It would have to be my iphone 3G. use it every day.
Hmmm, I’d have to say my cellphone without a doubt. It’s a Treo but I’m about to get the iPhone as soon as I’m out of this contract.
Just Got it! My 3Gs 8Gig Black Iphone, I am considering on a battery pack but a broke college student.
My sega nomad is the greatest. Screw mobile Phone emulators.
My Nikon D40X camera. I can take thousands of pix on 1 charge.
My new Neuton lawnmower is actually a usable machine that does what it promises, and there’s no clouds of choking black smoke. So cool that a 16-year-old refuses to use it as being insufficiently manly.
Maglite
my iphone. hands down.
I have a huge Millennium Falcon which takes four big C Batteries, and all that it does is make some awesome missile and laser PEW PEW!!! sounds and a few LED’s light up. Probably the greatest toy I have ever had, and holy crap, if I had had to plug it in, it would have sucked. WAY TO GO BATTERIES!!
macbook!
The most joy batteries ever brought me was through my white and red R/C formula race car back as a kid. Although the charge lasted only about 20 mins, that car was fast! My brother received an R/C monster truck and I would always ram it at top speed and send it flipping away since mine was so low to the ground and fast.
Definitely my iphone. Considering I listen to about 5 hours of audio a day; music, podcasts, etc, I don’t know how I could keep my sanity without it.
“best battery powered item I ever owned?”
Had to be when I was 7 years old and really into Batman with Adam West.
Dad bought me a battery powered Batmobile, with flashing lights that he detailed
by had to make it look like the real Batmobile on TV.
Still own it today.
Honestly my best battery powered item was my oriinal GameBoy. It was the start of a long obssesion if pocketable gadgets.
I would assume, it is my very old Game Boy pocket…
Slim enough to take with me and always a great fun with Tetris.
My iPhone is the most useful device I have ever owned.
Have to go old school and say walkman. Just because of the sheer number of batteries it consumed in its lifetime.
My old powerbook…the one that converted me to this cult.
Mattel LED Football II. I loved that game to death!
By far, my iPhone 3GS. Second would be my TiVo remote.
My iPhone 3G. I eat with it, use it at work and out on the town. If it was water resistant I would probably use it in the shower too
My favorite battery powered gadget has to be my iPhone 3G!!! The iPhone has saved me many many times already and could be more perfect with more battery life!!!
The wireless headphones for the kids in our Honda Odyssey van. Ahh, quiet at last!
Of course, the iPhone 3GS is really the tops!
Best device is the Leica M8 camera. Wonderful images with great lenses.
RC
My wheelchair….i need it to get around!
imagine life with no cellphone life with no iphone or blackberry no email on the go no texting or multimedia messaging without cell phone batteries we would be stuck in the last sentry boring and old….
From a parent’s perspective, I was gonna say it was the sound machine that lets helps my three month old fall asleep, but now I say it is my iPhone with Ambiance and all the noises it has. That phone can do ANYTHING!! (except burp and change diapers…there is no app for that)
My Hot Wheels track that had the garage with the internal spinning wheels that would shoot the cars out as they came through. Provided hours of entertainment. Now, it’s my iPhone 3GS which provides entertainment, not hours of it though and that’s why I need the Juice Pack - then it will provide hours of entertainment.
Other then my iPhone, my first portable cassette player-recorder (not a boom box). It was the iPod of it’s day.
I would have to agree with the majority here and say my iPhone! Nothing even comes close… well maybe that awesome spiderman electric toothbrush!!! Spiderman, Spiderman, cleans your teeth like a spider can… wait wha?!? lol
I soooo want want of these!!!
I have to go with my Macbook Pro. You can do almost everything with it, and it travels nicely
Some little LED lights I made for a grim reaper halloween costume in college. They could blink and wink - very high tech for the late 70’s and because I had black hose over my face, they were the only visible eyes. Juice pack please!
Toyota Prius
Well I would say my iPhone but now I have to say its my iPhone 3G S
My brand new Macbook Pro is getting awesome battery life and I always keep the graphics on the higher setting.
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