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The Name Says It All: Bluelounge's Refresh Charging Station
In case you haven't noticed, I have a thing for charging stations. I just can't get enough of 'em. Call it my OCD for cable management, or the fact that between my boyfriend and I combined, we have more gadgets than a small country, but I love a nice and neat desk where my gadgets can refresh and recharge.
Bird Bath Charger: Love It or Leave It?
It's great to see a wireless charging pad with a bit of style and flair. Basic black is fine by me, but why settle when you can have one that looks like a bird bath? Designed by Sun Kyung Kim and featured on Yanko Design, this circular white cell phone charger radiates blue rings of light for a ripple effect to indicate the charging status of your phone.
Wind-Up Cell Phone Charger
Whether or not this Wind-Up Charger actually works is beyond me. I don't doubt that it does, I just can't help but wonder if it's anything like the wind-up radios of yesteryear. With the wind-up, cell-phone charger, you can charge up your phone when there isn't an electrical outlet in sight.
6-Way Charging With The Chargepod
This useful gadget should be labeled the charger of all chargers, or at least celebrated for its shape. With the callpod charger by Chargepod you can charge not one, not two, but six devices at once with a little extra arty flare. I probably would have laughed at this invention five years ago, but now that almost every device needs to be charged via USB it seems more than practical.
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Would You Be Excited About Universal Cell Phone Chargers?
Imagine being at your friend's house and being able to borrow their cell phone charger, whether they had the same phone or not. Or not having to ever get a new charger because you got a new phone!
That's going to become the reality in Europe, as major cell phone manufacturers — including Apple, Nokia, Samsung, and BlackBerry maker RIM — have just agreed to start using a standard cell phone charger.
Cell Charging Station Inside Burger King In Philippines
Sure, we've considered how people in countries without widespread electricity and Internet access charge up and get online, but what are other wired nations doing to stay charged? In most of the US you have to fend for yourself. Apparently, not so in the Philippines.
Blinded by the Light: Have You Been Fooled by a Commercial?
I was stoked after seeing a commercial for the Powermat, a wireless gadget charger that claims to charge any of your electronic toys without wires, cords, or trouble just by placing your device on the Powermat — finally a solution to my cord-management problems! A few days later I saw the Powermat at my local Best Buy and considered forking over the $100 listed on the price tag for convenience alone. But then reality (and an explanation from the sales rep) set in: $100 is not the bottom line on this super charger.
Tech News Roundup - Emergency Cell Phone Charger
- Emergency phone charger will kill the "my phone was dead!" excuse - Chip Chick
- WiiXT, the newest Wii modchip claims to enable DVD playback - Engadget
- Mattel IM Me safer mobile instant messenger for kids - Gizmodo
- Customizing your MacBook's glowing Apple logo - Hip Tech Blog
- Is blogging anonymously just an online urban myth? - Shiny Shiny
- Unlocking your car with a tennis ball - Techie Diva
Charge Your iPod Touch With the Sun Using This Case
I love my gadgets, but what happens when your cell phone or iPod needs to be juiced up and you're nowhere near a power supply and you managed to forget your iPod cord at home? Thanks to solar powered gizmos, you've always got a back up — well that is, if you have some sunlight to work with!
Novothink has created this hybrid solar iPod Touch charger case called the Surge (patent still pending), but unlike concept designs, this handy accessory will be available later this month for $70.
LG Teams Up With BART to Encourage Cell Phone Recycling
This past weekend as I exited the Embarcadero train station here in San Francisco, I noticed this ginormous cell phone recycling station. Upon further inspection (and research), I realized that LG has put up these Ecomobilize cell phone recycling bins in BART stations across the Bay Area to help combat the estimated 130 cell phones that will end up in US landfills this year.
I've already provided some simple ways to go green, but LG is making it really easy with their ecoMobilization movement because you can either drop off your phone, chargers, or accessories at one of these boxes, or text the word ECO to 57895 and reply to the text with your mailing addy.
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