Big Damn Heroes http://roger.agincourtmedia.com Roger Benningfield would prefer that you not try to take the sky from him, thanks. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:52:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mophie Juicepack Air: iPhone & Essential Tremor http://roger.agincourtmedia.com/2010/01/26/mophie-juicepack-air-iphone-essential-tremor/ http://roger.agincourtmedia.com/2010/01/26/mophie-juicepack-air-iphone-essential-tremor/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:52:14 +0000 Roger Benningfield http://roger.agincourtmedia.com/?p=1327 I’ve mentioned before that I love my iPhone. Smartphones with hardware keyboards are harder for me to use because the fine muscle control required to push down firmly on a tiny nub makes my hands shake even worse than usual. The iPhones tap-and-swipe interface, on the other hand, makes things relatively easy… no pressure == less muscular activity == less shaking.

But there’s always been one nagging issue with the iPhone, relative to my tremor: its size. The thing, lightweight form factor that everyone else loves so much turns my hand into a trembling, shivering claw when I try to use it one-handed. It probably seems counter-intuitive to people without ET –especially in light of what I just said about muscle activity– but when it comes to holding stuff, small, delicate items are a real pain in the ass. Most of us take for granted how much control it takes to hold something gently until you wake up one day and “gently” has become a matter of concentration.

Mophie Juicepack AirAnyway… for reasons having nothing to do with ET, I picked up a Mophie Juicepack Air the other day. It’s a case/battery-pack combo that doubles the battery life of the iPhone while also providing it with a bit of protection. I’m constantly letting my phone run low, and I already had it in a semi-bulky case anyway, so I figured it’d be worth it.

What I didn’t realize is that, by doubling the thickness of the device and adding several ounces of battery and plastic to my phone, the whole thing would become so much more comfortable to use. Yeah, it’s no longer as sleek and beautiful a device as it once was, but I use my iPhone constantly, and having it feel so much more secure in my grip is a blessing.

If you’ve got ET and a Jesus Phone, definitely look into Mophie’s wonderful little add-on. It does everything it claims on the box, and then some.

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FWDAJ Extra 2009-09-30

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