What is better then a stand? What is better then an extra battery? Yes, a combination of the two. The HyperMac Stand is both a stand and a battery. The stand offers 16 hours of extra battery life to your iPad. The stand-part of the HyperMac Stand offers two ways to position the iPad: one at an 18-degree angle and one at an 45-degree angle.
The battery is a 400watt-hour rechargeable lithium-ion battery and promises to extend your iPad’s battery with another 16 hours. In theory that means you could work with the iPad a full 26 to 28 hours! Is there a downside? Unfortunately, yes. The price will not be everybody’s cup of tea as the HyperMac Stand is priced at $129,95. You’ll have to keep in mind ofcourse, that you get a stand AND a battery in one. Also compare the standalone HyperMac Battery to this HyperMac Stand. The price might suddenly become more attractive.
Below is the press release:
HyperMac Stand – The First And Only iPad Stand With Built-In Battery Pack
Pocket Sized Stand Holds And Charges iPad At The Same Time, Extends Battery Life By Extra 16 Hours
07.26.2010 – SUNNYVALE, California – Sanho Corporation, the company behind the award-winning HyperMac battery packs for Apple MacBook, iPad and iPhone today announce the availability of HyperMac Stand, the world’s first and only iPad stand with a built-in battery pack, providing up to 16 hours of additional battery life to the iPad.
HyperMac Stand incorporates 2 slots to hold the iPad at either 18 or 45 degrees, in portrait or landscape positions. The slots are specially treated with a soft touch coating to protect the iPad from scuffs and designed to work with both an encased or bare iPad.
Featuring a built-in 40-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-ion battery (compared to iPad’s internal 25-watt-hour battery), the HyperMac Stand is capable of extending the iPad battery life by an additional 16 hours, delivering power to the iPad via a 10W USB port. The HyperMac Stand itself can be recharged via a standard mini USB cable and supports pass-through charging/syncing so that the iPad can charge/sync with the computer even when it is connected via the HyperMac Stand. Users can check the HyperMac Stand battery level anytime with the built-in 5-stage lighted LED indicator.
“Most iPad stands in the market are either bulky or heavy or both, necessary characteristics to ensure that the not so tiny iPad can be properly supported,” states Daniel Chin, President of Sanho Corporation. “HyperMac Stand makes clever use of the natural weight of the lithium-ion battery cells to provide added stability,” he adds. “The end result is one of the most compact pocket-sized iPad stand available in the market with unsurpassed stability,” he continues. “Whatever little weight (12.7oz / 360g) the user have to carry is actually useful power to extend the iPad battery life by 1.5 times,” he concludes.
HyperMac batteries use the same high-end lithium ion cells and components that are supplied to the U.S. military, providing the utmost reliability, safety and performance. It is rechargeable up to 1,000 times and comes with a one year warranty
The HyperMac Stand is now available at www.hypermac.com/stand for $129.95.
Specifications
iPad Slots: 2 rubberized slots that holds iPad at 18° and 45°, portrait and landscape, case and no case
Capacity: 40Wh (11,000mAh)
Battery Chemistry: Lithium Ion
iPad Battery Life: Up to additional 16 hours
Dimensions: 6.02″ x 4.21″ x 1.14″ (153 x 107 x 29mm)
Weight: 12.7oz (360g)
Input Power (Charging the HyperMac Stand): 10W Mini USB 5V (2.1A Max)
Output Power (Powering the iPad): 10W USB 5V (2.1A Max)
For more product information and specifications, please visit:
http://www.hypermac.com/stand
Related URL: http://www.hypermac.com/stand
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