Tag archive: Charger

If you're one of the masses who is constantly connected to a smartphone, chances are you've either lost a charger to a hotel room or forgotten it at home on a crucial day, leaving yourself without any extra juice. The folks over at LPS Technology decided to create a simple and possibly annoying (but likely effective) device to help prevent either of those problems. The Perch device ($10) plugs into your wall just like an extra… Read More

We have seen our fair share of portable chargers come and go, but none have had the classic good-looks that this one can boast. Cables tend to have a hard time being aesthetically-pleasing, but the folks over at Restoration Hardware have given spicing up the travel charger a good college try and we have to say that we like what they came up with. Technically-speaking, it's nothing fancy, but the Roll-Up Travel Charger ($49) will do the… Read More

Amongst a group of friends, there is always at least one person who has a bottle opener or wine corkscrew on their keychain at all times. Why? Because they know that at some point, or probably often, it will come in handy. We can definitely get behind beer and wine-themed keychains, but what's even better is a keychain that will charge up any of your various gadgets in a pinch. While the Charge and Go keychain ($8) doesn't have any… Read More

The better our smartphones get, it seems the less battery time we have. Remember those old flip phones that would last four days on a single charge? Well, those days are long gone, so now we have to figure out how to charge up on the go if we can't always be plugged in. Solar chargers are a great idea as a solution to this problem, but not all of them are small enough or convenient enough to use on a daily basis. The Quirky Ray ($40) is a… Read More

Anyone who travels often with a plethora of gadgets will have a new favorite product come October. Charging your phone, computer, or iPod is not as simple as just finding several outlets. Some devices need traditional outlets, some need a USB connection, and if it's an iPod, iPad, or iPhone it most likely needs a 30-pin dock charger. It can be a problem at home, but try to bring everything you need to charge your various devices on a… Read More

Also check out our full Motorola Atrix 4G review. CES has been full of tablet PCs and 3D devices, but few of them really stand out or solve a problem. Will TV shows like The Office truly get more exciting with a foot of depth added to them? I'm not so sure. With the Atrix, however, Motorola has gone and invented a new product entirely, one that is both exciting and potentially useful. The Atrix is really two devices: It's a high-end… Read More

The convenient iPod/iPhone travel charger from Incase just got an upgrade. The new Incase Combo Charger has dual USB ports and a 12V input for your car. The Combo Charger also features hideaway flip-out wall socket prongs. Incase says this lightweight charger is compatible with the  iPhone (3G & 3GS), iPod Nano (4th & 5th generations), iPod Touch (2nd generation), and most forms of the iPod classic. The multitasking charger is priced at… Read More

You might not hop in a car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and drive to work until decades from now, but you can charge up your gadgets based on a different type of fuel cell in just a few days. After a long line of prototypes, Toshiba has finally released the Dynario, its first methanol-powered gadget charger. Fill the Dynario with methanol – the same stuff powering dragsters, monster trucks and Indy cars – and it reacts with ambient oxygen in… Read More

You know the scenario – you get a new cell phone, and it comes with a charger that will only work with that brand. So you add that older charger to the tangle of other old chargers in a kitchen drawer. Well, that’s going to change. By 2012 the vast majority of handsets will support a micro USB universal charger, one that will use 50% less energy on standby. Michael O'Hara, marketing director for the GSM Association,… Read More

German industrial designer Luigi Calani is known for the rounded, biomorphic forms he introduces to everything from home appliances and vehicles to furniture and buildings. Now the designer has come up with the curvy, futuristic Anyfix universal phone charger that claims to be able to handle 80 percent of the mobile phones on the market—just beware of the use of the word "wireless" that's often being used to describe… Read More

From the press release: The A51 is geared towards keeping in touch with friends and family simply.   Whether planning a shopping trip, a night out in town, or a movie at the cinema with friends and family, the A51 provides consumers with all the basic tools to make communication as easy as possibl e.   SMS, or EMS (Enhanced Message Service), thanks to various pre-installed images, sounds and animations all help to bring friends… Read More