The designs include an homage to Apple's classic 1984 commercial, and two other designs formed using a "word cloud" that lists every Mac ever made. If you want to get in on the deal, it is a good idea to head over to FastMac before everything is gone. [FastMac]

The designs include two shirts inspired by the now famous Shepard Fairey "HOPE" poster, and two others entitled "Obamac" and “OS X, Software We Can Believe In." Head on over to FastMac now if you want to get in on this one day deal. [FastMac]

The Price: $79 for 2G, $99 for 3G

The Verdict: We've seen plenty of case-like backup batteries for the iPhone 3G the past few months, but Fastmac's iV could be the best in its class due to all the its features.

Its 3100mAh battery can charge the phone about five times from 20% capacity to 80% capacity, and in absolute terms, it's the most amount of juice in any backup battery iPhone case out there now. The USB port, at the bottom, allows you to charge an extra device on the road (maybe your Bluetooth headset) at the same time as the iPhone.

The iV's flashlight is bright, as in you really shouldn't look at it straight on. It's not bright enough to illuminate an entire room, but you can definitely find your keys with it. And the fact that the bottom actually fits into iPod/iPhone docks is an added bonus.

Our biggest complaint is the iV's size. In order to house a battery, USB charging, a flashlight and also somewhat envelop the iPhone, Fastmac didn't have much room to condense it down. It's more than twice as thick as an iPhone, and is slightly taller. You probably don't want to leave this docked all the time, but only take it out for a refresh charge when your iPhone's battery is running low.

Despite the $99 price, we still think this is the best all-around charger pack for the iPhone. If you're running out of juice often from a lot of usage, or if you just forget to charge your phone every night, the iV could be a fantastic crutch. [FastMac]

It'll also write DVDs (at 8x)—no BD writing though. Crunch says it requires an external power brick, which kind of nullifies the "portable" aspect. Still, can't beat that price. No word on official availability, but we would imagine it's on the way soon.

Update 7:46 PM EST: The drive has been spotted on Fastmac's site (in white, natch) at the price of $130, marked down from the regular $150. So $99 might be a Macworld-only deal (companies sell stuff at Macworld? I've never been, news to me) but still a pretty good deal. [Thanks, something unique...]

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Why would we need this? Because we go through multiple batteries in a day of liveblogging, and this is the perfect thing to charge up more than one battery at night without having to wake up multiple times in the middle of the night to swap them out from your laptop. At $69, it's fantastic, and even better than the NewerTech chargers since it charges pretty much every recent Apple laptop. [Fastmac]

Check out their full spec list after the jump for the types of Blu-ray discs it works with. But still, five hundred bones is a lot to fork out if you don't really need it for work or to make money. There's a reason why Blu-ray and HD DVD porn movies cost $49.99 each.

Specifications:

* Up to 8x DVD±RW, 2x BD-RW
* Up to 50 GB of Storage on 1 Dual-Layer Disc
* Compatible with all CD and DVD media
* Bootable, OS X Native, Plug and Play Drive
* 100% PC & Mac compatible*

Works With:

* Mac Pro
* PowerMac G3
* PowerMac G4
* PowerMac G5
* eMac
* iMac G4

Reads:

* Blu-ray: BD-ROM (SL/DL)
* BD-R (SL/DL)
* BD-RE (SL/DL)

* DVD: DVD-5
* DVD-9
* DVD-10
* DVD-R (3.95G/4.7G)
* DVD-R DL
* DVD-RAM (4.7G)
* DVD-RW
* +R
* +R DL
* +RW

* CD: CD-Audio
* CD-ROM (mode 1 and mode 2)
* CD-ROM XA (mode 2, form 1 and form 2)
* CD-I (mode 2, form 1 and form 2)
* CD-I Ready
* CD-I Bridge
* CD-R
* CD-RW
* Photo CD
* Video CD
* Enhanced Music CD
* CD-TEXT

Writes:

* Blu-ray: 2x BD-RE
* 2x BD-R

* DVD: 5x DVD-RAM
* 8x DVD-R 4.7GB for General (Ver.2.0)
* 4x DVD-R DL
* 6x DVD-RW (Ver.1.1 / 1.2)
* 8x +R
* 4x +R DL
* 8x +RW

* CD: 24x CD-R, 16x CD-RW
– Jason Chen

Product Page [FastMac]

Using it on a G4 iBook (whose battery was replaced last year in that recall), it took about three hours for it to charge from empty to full. That's pretty much the same as the official charger.

The only difference is that the official ones from Apple cost $79, and the one from FastMac costs $35. And there's no orange/green glowing ring where the charger connects to indicate whether it's still charging or already full. But if you can live with the fact that the chargers look a bit more "PC" than "Apple," these are the way to go. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Fastmac]

They come in both white and black models to fit your color, and run only $99.95, $30 less than the $129 the standard one costs. You can pre-order now, which will ship in about 30 days. There's nothing like popping in a freshly charged battery when you're low on juice and hearing, "Sir? Please, your wife's having a sonogram and I think that's interfering with our systems." – Jason Chen

White [FastMac]
Black [FastMac]

Thanks to FastMac's extended batteries, we were able to post live from Macworld and CES without having to run back to the press room all the time to charge. Available in 15-inch MacBook Pro and PowerBook G4 models, these fit in snugly just the way the originals do. And at the price of $99.95 with a complete 1 year warranty, you can't go wrong.

The next time we do CES, we're going to buy at least two each. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Fastmac]

They said the iPod was fairly easy to pop open the iPod and change the battery despite the lack of any physical openings. Well, whoever "they" are, they totally didn't account for our lack of manual skills. It took us a total of an hour and a half and two people to get this thing open.

The problem comes from the fact that the metal back and the plastic front to the iPod are flush, so there's no easy way to pull the two apart. The Fastmac battery kit comes with two blue prying tools in order to do so. Because these tools are plastic, and thus, wear down easily when shoving it up against the iPod's metal, if you don't get the iPod open on the first few tries, your tool becomes less and less useful. You wouldn't want a metal tool, because it'd scratch up your precious MP3 player's finish. Thus, it takes a long ass time to get the iPod open.

Once that was done, everything else was cake. Take out the hard drive, disconnect the cable, and replace the battery. You'll have to exercise a bit of care, as the connectors are pretty fragile, but nothing you can't do in less than four minutes.

The new battery got us about seven or eight hours of battery life, around the same as the original battery. An iPod as good as new—save for all the dirt and scratches from years of use—for just $19. Definitely a good deal.

Be prepared to set aside a block of time in order to get your iPod open if you're not quite so handy. And don't be afraid to use a lot of force when prying. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Fastmac]

Image courtesy Apple Links

Starting at $69.95—more lust!—FastMac can paint up the top of your mini in a few days and there's even a beige model with rainbox Apple logo for that retro feel.

Product Page [FastMac]