Sometimes a product takes your interest and you just have to have one. When Native Union put their “JUMP” cable on Kickstarter to crowd-fund the product I got straight onto it.
For $59.99 (plus shipping) you can get yourself a JUMP cable which is a neat little package that does a few things.
The cable wraps around the square holder from which it doesn’t come away – when unraveled, the cable comes out each side of the holder. It’s quite a wire like cable so not as “floppy” as you might be used to which makes wrapping it up a breeze.
However, its whats inside that little square holder that makes the difference here. A battery.
A small 800mAh battery will give you about a 30% boost on your iPhone battery, which if you’re at the end of the day and not in range of a power point could make all the difference.
Because the whole package is small and light it can easily be in your pocket all day. Using the cable itself to connect a phone to your PC or power point will charge both the phone and the JUMP cable battery – win win.
It’s a slick little package, a bit on the pricey side, but with Native Union products in Officeworks locally, perhaps we will see the JUMP Cable in stores in Australia soon.
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Trev is a Technology Commentator, Dad, Speaker and Rev Head.
He produces and hosts several popular podcasts, EFTM, Two Blokes Talking Tech, Two Blokes Talking Electric Cars, The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, and the Private Feed. He is the resident tech expert for Triple M on radio across Australia, and is the resident Tech Expert on Channel 9’s Today Show and appears regularly on 9 News, A Current Affair and Sky News Early Edition.
Father of three, he is often found in his Man Cave.
