IPhone case with integrated charging cord

I wonder how Apple's new policy regarding 3rd party iPhone chargers will affect these guys moving forward.<p>And I'm not sure I share the same frustration they do. Typically, when my phone is almost out of juice, I'm about as likely to find a charger as I am a usb port. If this somehow plugged into a standard outlet, it might be worth something, but as it stands I wouldn't buy one.

Is the iPhone 5 really going to have a different dock connector? That makes me and the stockpile of iPhone cables I have amassed over the years very sad panda.

Looking at the pictures, the only practical use for this would be a laptop. Charging via a desktop or a radio (which I have done many times) would make such a short cord impractical if not impossible as the cord would just fall out of the usb port. Even if it didn't fall out, a weighted object hanging at a right angle just seems like a bad idea.<p>I could see this being practical if this had a longer cord that could be built into the case.

I just use this flipsync USB iphone charger keychain: <a href="http://lx.tc/flipsync" rel="nofollow">http://lx.tc/flipsync</a><p>Under $10 and always with me, solves my problem easily and inexpensively!<p>(disclaimer: amazon affiliate link)

<i>(it's not terribly important, but if you change the title to " iPhone..." [note the space at the beginning], HN's super-smart auto-capitalization system stops working and you get a nice "iPhone..." instead of "IPhone...")</i>

I prefer this one: <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/juicetank/juicetank-the-first-ever-iphone-charger-and-case-i" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/juicetank/juicetank-the-...</a>

Great product. Bad timing.<p>I think many people are waiting on iPhone 4 purchases until the iPhone 5. And the 5 is rumored to have a different adapter.

Love the idea...now if I only had an iPhone...

Great idea.

bad design... but made me think of a good one... <i>runs to patent</i>