It seemed like it took accessory makers forever to make battery pack cases for the iPhone, but companies are wasting no time with Apple Watch accessories, and the first portable battery for Apple’s wearable is already here.
Nomad introduced its answer for the Apple Watch’s battery woes with the Pod, a small portable power station for your Apple Watch that will keep it ticking well past the 18 hour battery life Tim Cook promised.
The Nomad Pod houses a high density 1800mAH lithium polymer rechargeable battery that can completely recharge your Apple Watch from dead to 100% four times.
It’s smaller than a hockey puck, weighs a mere 80 grams, and also packs a cable manager for the Apple Watch. There are also three color options to match your style. Pricing starts at $59 with the first 5000 units expected to ship in June. Not soon enough to recharge your Apple Watch on launch day, but just in time to give your first wearable extra power for the summer.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
10 responses to “Portable batteries for Apple Watch have already arrived”
Will the Pod accommodate the metal bands that are an intact circle? Hopefully it will stand on its side as well.
that it what i would like to know.
Doesn’t look that small and portable to me.
How big is the standard charger for this watch?
Yeah…this is dumb. Get a 4000 mAh portable backup battery around iPod nano size with USB port and use Apple watch cable.
“It’s smaller than a hockey puck, weighs a mere 80 grams”
Read the article next time, moron.
It’s bigger than an iPod charger, fucktard.
Nothing says things have to be that small to be considered portable. Try again, idiot.
The size of those chargers isn’t surprising.. And you need an iphone too boot.
this is already saying something as no other smart watch has generated a need for additional accessories.
You mean no other smartwatch has ever been a stone-cold-lock to sell enough units to make accessories-for-that-accessory a viable market? Oh, I see, of course that’s what you meant.