Kingston MobileLite Wireless Reader & Charger Review

In the same way that I’ve tested devices of this nature before, I want to look at the two main aspects of what the MobileLite has to offer.

Starting off with the inbuilt battery, Kingston state that the MobileLite should offer up to 5 hours of continuous use from the 1800mAh battery and by streaming music from the MobileLite on a continuous loop, the battery eventually went flat after around four an a half hours of use, including using the option to pass through an internet connection at the same time. When it came to charging the likes of a mobile phone however, I did feel that the MobileLite could benefit from a slightly larger battery as in this state, the unit was only usable for around an hour and at the same time it was only able to add around 25% charge to my Nexus 4 in the process. Whilst this fine for an emergency top up process, I have seen better charging from a dedicated battery pack with a similar capacity. Charging the unit back up though was a quick process with the battery charged from empty to full in a quick amount of time, making up for the speed at which it discharges.

Having a closer look at the internet pass through and performing a speed test, I will note that users should not expect the same high speed connection as they would otherwise have via a direct connection to their router. As seen below this does affect the download speed and typically users should expect to see up to10-12Mbps when connected through the MobileLite, which in its own right is still highly acceptable for a device of this nature.

On the front of media play back, the MobileLite App was very quick to navigate through with its simple yet concise menu and there is a low amount of latency seen between the MobileLite and the connected devices in terms of buffer times for music and video content, whilst photos appear nice and quickly both in the gallery format and when viewed individually. The music player offers up the same basic functions that one would expect with repeat and shuffle options as well is scrollable playback. Video content as mentioned is handled by the devices own media players due to varying format support, so individual controls are going to be device specific.