One of the most common complaints about Apple’s dock connector is that it’s proprietary. Don’t have your iPhone or iPad charger on you? You’re totally out of luck. Unless you live in the EU, that is, where the iPhone 4S will come with a MicroUSB charger — of a sort. More »
Powertraveller sent me a PowerMonkey Extreme — basically another in their long line of solar-powered big batteries for portable gear — to test. So I decided to give it a quick drowning. Video after the jump. More »
The International Telecommunication Union, a branch of the UN, has decided on a standard for phone chargers that should finally cut down on a huge chunk of unnecessary e-waste. It’s about time. More »
The mission. Fully deplete the battery in an iPhone 3G a long way from home to see if a Kensington Mini Battery Pack/Charger could keep it alive for the return journey. More »
Need to hide in the bushes for eleven hours outside Megan Fox’s house while taking the occasional super-zoom shot? Need to recharge your batteries but have no outlet? Energizer’s portable charger clip is there. More »
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Apple have all agreed to use the microUSB standard in their phones made for the European market. Why can’t we have that? More »
The Gadget: Penguin United’s Quad Charge Station, a device that sits in silence as you cram four Wiimotes into it and expect it to come out fully charged four hours later. It also comes with four rechargeable battery packs, which saves you money on AAs in the long run.
Orange, a mobile phone provider in the UK, has just developed a couple prototypes of this Dance Charge mobile phone charger. You wrap this thing around your arm while you’re dancing and your kinetic energy will translate into electricity to power your phone. It’s like those flashlights that you have to shake before use, but much, much nerdier. Combine this with the fictional breast charger and you’ll be able to power the entire DJ booth with just your flailing limbs. How they got that one chubby doctor from Grey’s Anatomy to pose for promo pics is anyone’s guess. [Reg Hardware via Tech Digest]
