My
Motorola Droid is a power hungry beast. Despite plugging it into my car with a micro-USB charger, the battery would not stop draining, leading me to carry a spare battery all the time, especially when planning to use the phone to provide turn by turn navigation. I thought this was the phone's fault, and just lived with the inconvenience. Then I learned that the phone drew 750mAh while navigating. I looked at my current charger and saw that it was outputting 500mAh. When I saw the
Motorola Vehicle Power Adapter MicroUSB Rapid Rate Charger
on sale for $3, I jumped on it. This charger puts out 950mAh, which would be plenty even for iPad users. Trying it for the first time a couple of days ago, I finally saw the phone actually charge while driving!
Note that this charger will not solve the other problem with charging the Droid: if it gets too hot, the charging circuitry shuts off to keep the battery from over-heating and exploding, so on long drives in the summer, you probably still have to carry a spare battery. But for now, I'm pretty happy with this charger. Recommended.
2 comments:
The battery issues are the worst part about my two Android phones. If what you say is true, no wonder I am always empty after using Navigation to SF on my Epic. The Evo is similarly notorious.
Well, in that case, just click through and buy a more powerful charger. It's only $5 even without the discount. :-)
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