Mophie’s last product of note was a combination iPod shuffle case/bottle-opener; of use to some, perhaps, but a little niche for my liking. They’re following up with something far more useful, the mStation Mophie juice pack for iPhone – basically a soft-touch, non-slip case for the cellphone with a built in LiIon battery pack that adds an additional 250hrs of standby, 8hrs of talktime, 6hrs of surfing, 7hrs of video or 24hrs of audio playback.

What’s nice is that they’ve obviously given some thought to the whole package rather than rushed it out to stores. The case comes fully-charged and ready for use; there’s a four-LED indicator to show how much potential is left; and it recharges using a standard 30-pin Apple dock connector rather than some proprietary plug.

It’ll be available December 21st for a decidedly fair $99.95, with a version for the iPod Touch landing in January next year.

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