QuickerTek, a hardware company that specializes in wireless Apple products, has just released what may be the solution to the short battery life of the MacBook Air. QuickerTek now offers an External Battery Charger for the MacBook Air, which adds six to ten hours of battery power more than the built-in battery can provide. The battery charger is one of the few that can charge while the MacBook Air is in use.

The Mac-Book Air has a non-renewable battery, making the usual user solution of using multiple batteries to power the laptop for longer not possible. The QuickerTek product, however, solves this problem and can also charge a MacBook Air for a total of 12 to 16 hours. The external battery is used for as long as possible before converting to the internal battery power source in the MacBook Air. The External Battery Charger can be fully charged using the AC wall adaptor in less time than it takes the MacBook Air internal battery to charge (three versus four hours, respectively).

The battery charger is selling for $299.95 USD, and can be found online at http://www.quickertek.com, or with authorized dealers as listed at http://www.quickertek.com/vendors.php.