While I may spend $400 or so dollars on a phone, I like to keep all the accessories at a reasonably low cost. For that, I do some shooping on everything I buy for the phone. There are quite a few chargers out there, for a lot of money, so finding an affordable charger that works well takes a bit of time. It looks like I found an adequate affordable charger with the Griffin PowerJolt Car Charger for the iPhone and iPod.

The main reason I needed a charger was I was going on a trip which most likely needed some juice while on the road. I was flying, and the seat I was assigned offered a 12v charger slot, so I went looking for one, as I didn’t want to run out of power halfway through the flight.

Not only will this charger work in your car plane, or anywhere with a 12v connection, but also doubles as a sync cable if you need it. Quite handy for traveling, as this took up ZERO space in my laptop bag.

The construction is sturdy, and feels well put together, and does exactly what it says it does: Charges your iPhone or iPod.

Cons: while it works well, the charge time was a little slow for my liking. I am used to the fast charging of the regular plug included with the iPhone, and was kinda bummed when it took much longer to bring the iPhone to a full charge, but I am kinda spoiled I guess in that department.

Price: I see it listed for $19.99 on their website, which is exactly what I paid for it at Target. I do suggest shopping around, as you could always find these a bit cheaper.

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1. Internet access that will actually look like the internet that I’m used to. I mean i like my Google home page, and now ill be actually able to see it on something other than my computer. How cool is that? My husband actually has an iPhone already, which is why i know about it, and envy it and he yanks it out every time i have some off the wall question, like the other night i wanted to know what Les Miserables was about.

2. The ability to check my emails without it taking forever. I like how fast i send an email to my husband and he gets it on his iPhone just as quick as he would if he looked at it on his computer.

3. And the biggest thing, the fact that i will be able to type it all out quick with the actual keyboard on it, because i don’t know about the rest of you, but hitting the key 2-3 times to get to the letter was DRIVING ME CRAZY, especially when i hit it too quick, going over the actual letter i wanted,  which meant going through it all again.

4. I also like the fact that i can put pictures on it that will be nice and crisp sort of a 21st century “brag book”.  I also LOVE the map feature. It knows where you are, even when you have no clue.

Now i am no big executive or anything, i’m a work at home mom, but having the ability to do all of the those things above means i can actually now spend less time in front of my computer, and spend it taking my daughter to the park more often or play outside more. And the great thing is, if I need to check email or  something, I dont need my computer with me.

I will just pop out my iPhone and voila!

Thank you Apple!

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