SYMBIAN ON THE LINE

The Nokia Extra Power DC-11 is basically an external rechargeable 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery. The concept behind it isn’t new: charge your device using a portable, external power source when on the move and when empty you charge it just like any other Nokia phone. The Extra Power DC-11 is one of two external power units offered by Nokia. The other model is the Nokia Extra Power DC-8 which uses either standard or rechargeable AA batteries. While the latter unit is more compact it does require rechargeable AA batteries or the not-so-eco-friendly standard AA batteries. Here at The Nokia Guide, we prefer technology that helps every bit when it comes to our environment and the use of AA batteries, even the rechargeable ones are something we wouldn’t recommend or even consider using. For this simple fact we prefer the DC-11 over the DC-8.

 

                

Devin Balentina has a very good review on his site, The Nokia Guide, of the Nokia DC-11. You can get the basic idea of what it is from the excerpt above, but the full review is very worthy of your time, so if you haven't already, go read.

The title of this post is easy to decrypt if you know Twitter-speak.

As I said before, I'd like Nokia to fit EVERY phone they make with the BP-4L battery, the biggest capacity battery they make, at 1500 mAh.

Seriously, it's amazing. My new Nokia E55 (more on that in a later post) has it, and it broke a record. With my usage, my old N95 (BL-5F, 950 mAh, yes I love battery codes) lasts me for three quarters of a day. The E55 lasts me two and half days. On identical usage. I think that says it all.

So what we have here basically is a BP-4L (I'm guessing, but it being the exact same capacity means it's almost certain) inside a nice casing, with microUSB and 2mm Nokia plugs for connecting it to your phone.

And that's it. You charge the DC-11, then when you're out and about (say, videoblogging your way through a few countries, *cough*) and your phone's battery dies (which it will), you use the DC-11 to charge your phone.

Simple.

And a must-have for any power user that isn't blessed with a BP-4L equipped phone.

I would have killed for this during the N86 Tour.

Also, if you're looking for alternatives, Proporta make quite a few, and I've only heard good things about them.