Thursday, July 24, 2003
Retractable USB-powered phone-chargers
Keyspan, who distributes these killer little ZIPLINQ retractable cables (I have the FireWire cable, and it's awesome -- the size of an after-dinner bon-bon and very satisfyingly zippy in its reeling action), is shipping a line of retractable USB cables that provide charging power to your cellphone.
I want more of this. I already travel with two power-strips to accomodate all my chargers' wall-warts (phone, Sidekick, Clie, camera, laptop, WiFi router). I'm grateful that my iPod doesn't need its own charger -- I just plug it into my PowerBook at night. If I can get my phone charged by plugging it into the USB, that's one fewer AC adapter I have to schlep. And hell, at $20, that's a cheap travel-charger, and one that works in all countries, regardless of native voltage, provided that your laptop has juice. Link Discuss
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