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Emergency Charger for iPhone, iPod

Budi Putra — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:29:06 +0000

Now you don’t have to worry about losing your iPhone or iPod’s power when you’re mobile. You can count on this compact Emergency Charger. This lightweight charger can use 2 “AAA” batteries to power the iPod anytime, anywhere.

But please keep in mind that the US$10.00 Emergency Charger is just for emergency use only. Yeah, it cannot replace your current A/C power charger to make your lovely device 100% charged.

Suitable for:

iPod 1G/2G
iPod 3G
iPod 4G
iPod 5G
iPod Video
iPod Classic
iPod mini
iPod Nano
iPod Nano 2G
iPod Nano 3G
iPod Photo
iPod Touch
iPhone
iPhone 3G
iPod Nano 4G
iPod Touch 2G

[via Justamp]

Just yo-yoing to charge your iPhone!

Budi Putra — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:09:56 +0000

If you’d concern very much about what-so-called the global warming and love to see everything goes green and environmentally friendly, here is the perfect mate for your lovely iPhone (and even other Apple handheld devices): the iYo Yoyo charger!

Talk about a GreenerGadget! Swedish designer Peter Thuvander has designed an induction-powered yo-yo charger for iPhones and other Apple handheld devices. Housing a lithium ion cell, and based on the OLPC crank and this dandy wind-up remote, Peter is betting that the physics are close to there. “The remote control needs only 30 cranks–which is nothing when you yo-yo,” argues Peter. He’s also thinking about what road warriors call “opportunitic charging”: “I think I’d at least use it as an emergency device for all the dead iPhone moments I have.”

Why does Peter create this? “To celebrate my new iPhone and the fact that darkness is looming over me. I´ve done this: An induction powered yoyocharger for Apple,” he said. “And since solarchargers don´t work at night or in Sweden half the year, this should be a smash hit.”

[Core77 via CellPhoneBeat]

Fuel cell charger for your gadget

Budi Putra — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:20:03 +0000

It’s really an exciting innovation that comes to the gadget world and already available in the market. Shown off at the CTIA Wireless Expo in San Francisco, Medis offers its portable, disposable, and relatively cheap fuel cell charger that ready to juice up your gadgets.

The Medis 24-7 Power Pack is portable power system designed to keep your handheld devices operational while you are on the go. The Power Pack has enough power to drive many handheld devices when the battery is nearly depleted and it will also function as a portable charger.

The 24-7 Power Pack provides sufficient energy to provide up to 30 hours of talk time to an average mobile phone or 60-80 hours of play time for an average iPod. The power is sufficient (1 watt) to operate, and charge, multiple times, a wide range of the standard and advanced portable electronic devices in the market today.

You can buy it now for $40 for the starter kit and a bit over $20 for the replacement cells. I think it would be a great companion for your gadgets while you are on the go.

[OhGizmo via CellPhoneBeat]