Nokia 6310i ?

A few days use as a telephone, 5 seconds to swap out the battery, 10 more to start up.

For everything else important, there's Barclaycard^W a laptop and a 3G dongle.

Hope that helps. ;o)

Re: WTF?

If you use it heavily and find the battery life is not long enough for your individual needs then yes, lard it up with a strap-on as you put it.

If your usage means it doesn't need it then don't, it's a choice.

Luckily for me, my phone's battery lasts long enough that I wouldn't need it but if your doesn't then it's a possible solution. Another would be to buy a different phone, one that does what you need it to for as long as you need it to.

Re: WTF?

yep just like for typing on tablets the solution is to use a case with a built in usb keyboard

personally i prefer having my phones with buttons and using this other thing thats always in my bag anyway. think they call them laptops or something not sure about this tech thing everyone calls me a luddite because my phones don't have touchscreens and have batterylifes measured in days not hours

Re: Ratings

you can happily leave it permanently attached, though you’ll need to remove it if you want to use the Dock connector for anything else - it's one downside

Don't think it mentioned any others though

Downside

As downsides go, though, that's pretty major. My iPhone spends the night on a bedside radio, then gets moved to a USB cradle in the home office for syncing, then to an amplifier in the bathroom while I shower, then to a custom connection to the head unit in my car for the drive to work.

Each of these devices uses the dock connector. Having to remove the case each time would be impossibly restrictive. A shame, because this is one of the better looking battery cases I've seen.