Boston, MA -- (SBWire) -- 09/06/2011 --VoltUp ( http://www.volt-up.com ) a battery extender for Android smartphones that can double battery life, today announced an essay contest to award the winning entry with a $100 Amazon gift card. The essay can be any length and should address, "How a longer battery life saved my day." The contest will run from September 1st to September 15th, 2011.

Entries can be emailed to feedback@volt-up.com or posted on our Facebook page "PowerMax by VoltUp - extend Smartphone battery life."

Entries can also be mailed to: PowerMax Contest, Suite 202, 1337 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02476.

PowerMax by VoltUp offers a free version and can be downloaded from Android Market by clicking: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.voltup.powermax . A permanent license can be purchased once the free trial concludes.

Most smartphones are stacked with power-hungry applications that typically drain batteries in less than eight hours. Volt-Up’s patent-pending technology controls how a device’s many radios - 2G/3G/4G, WiFi, FM, GPS, Bluetooth - are managed. PowerMax by VoltUp puts these radios to sleep when the user wants to trade functionality for battery life.

About VoltUp
BatteryStorm Mobile Inc. is the parent company behind VoltUp, a growing company providing technology to extend battery life of mobile devices. At VoltUp, our mission is to lead the mobile device power management optimization market and open up a new world of possibilities for users. To date, VoltUp and its PowerMAX application has achieved more than 350,000 downloads.