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    Kitschy-Yet-Eco-Friendly reNEW Solar Battery Charger

    Battery Refill Required

    Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones

    Crank This Battery To Charge Up

    Battery 500 Project Wants to Make a 500 Mile Range Electric Car Battery

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    Convert a Netbook Battery Into an iPhone Battery
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    Image of Tudza White Tudza White
    10/20/09

    In reply to Kitschy-Yet-Eco-Friendly reNEW Solar Battery Charger
    Do us a favor, check whether this is even a real product yet. Lots of stuff on Yanko will simply never see the light of day.

    I do like the way they want to handle getting the batteries into and out of the charger. #renewsolarbatterycharger
     Reply
    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Tudza White was starred Tudza White was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/20/09

    @Tudza White: It is a nice concept, isn't it? #renewsolarbatterycharger
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/09/09

    In reply to Battery Refill Required
    2 p.m. and my battery is low. Mr Coffee - plug me in!
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/09/09

    @Curves: I'd love to plug you in...but unfortunately my name is Mr Latte :(
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    Curves promoted this comment Edited by psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland at 10/09/09 2:36 PM psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was starred psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was unstarred
    Image of quim barreiros quim barreiros
    10/09/09

    @psychonaut2021: that talk is not about coffe is it? is it about milk.....
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    Image of bill cant fart bill cant fart
    10/09/09

    @Curves: Err... You're a lady, right, Curves? Shouldn't the plugging be done by someone else?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/09/09

    @psychonaut2021: Its its caffeine based, I am not picky. ;)
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/09/09

    @Curves: Well then, giddy up!
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    Image of bobman1235 bobman1235
    10/09/09

    In reply to Battery Refill Required
    I truly do not understand the geek obsession with caffeine. I guess if you really fit the stereotype and never exercise then it's the only way to get energy, but... having an obvious addiction to something and being proud of it is just so strange from a group of smart people.

    [bobmansrants.blogspot.com]
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/09/09

    @bobman1235: Coffee and bacon are the Yin and Yang of the geek world.
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Canadian, Irish or American bacon?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/09/09

    @psychonaut2021: I don't know much about this....IRISH...bacon you speak of, but Canadian Liar Ham doesn't count.
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Fair enough. I do however enjoy that Canadian ham very much. Perhaps I'm lliving in the wrong country ey!*hearted*
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    Edited by psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland at 10/09/09 9:20 PM psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was starred psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was unstarred
    Image of ProperBritish ProperBritish
    10/08/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    i lol'd at the fact that the image of the iPhone using the charger is jailbroken xD
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    Image of Faslane's avatar is squished Faslane's avatar is squished
    10/08/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    I have the Mophie and LOVE it, it's not hard to take off at all, those are rumors. Mine fits snug and slides off easlily too. I WISH, someone would make a case such as the Mphie that's just thicker instead of taller so it could have a larger capacity battery. The thickness would be much better to tolerate than the height in my opinion. This looks like it's a "snap and break" waiting to happen because it's so tall. And not very pocketable like a thicker one would still be. Not for everyday use probably, but certainly better than almost double the height of this thing. I don't like this one. Love the power, but footprint it too high.
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Edited by Faslane's avatar is squished at 10/08/09 2:34 AM Faslane's avatar is squished was starred Faslane's avatar is squished was unstarred
    Image of Hilo Hilo
    10/08/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    This is bordering on ridiculous... to expect someone to not feel discomfort with a device of such girth is laughable.

    At some point, one has to wonder if the perceptual need for increased lasting-power is not simply an attempt at disguising poor form and sloppy usage.
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Edited by Hilo at 10/08/09 1:36 AM Hilo was starred Hilo was unstarred
    Image of bmoctta bmoctta
    10/07/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    How does it compare to the Mophie and Incase?
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    Image of LoneLatinLord LoneLatinLord
    10/08/09

    @bmoctta: both the Mophie Air and the Incase have smaller batteries by more than half but make better phone cover/case/protectors, are significantly smaller, form fit/look better and/but cost more....
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    Image of flowerofhighrank flowerofhighrank
    10/07/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    As the man who got both the Mophie Air AND the Casemate the first week I had my 3Gs, I can't say no to this, not without checking it out. The main problem is taking off the Mophie. I hear it's a real pain.
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    Image of uncdomination uncdomination
    10/07/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    If I ever see anyone with this, I will laugh in their face and then call all of my friends and tell them about this guy and then my phone will die...ITS IRONY
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/07/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    Pffff I dunno about you, but this is great. If you're using your iPhone as your primary means of entertainment while traveling, it's nice to have something like this so you can watch videos and listen to music for the duration of the trip, and have a full battery when it's time to use it as a phone again when you get where you're going.
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: pfff, i dunno about you, but in this day and age if a child dressed in a monkey costume dancing to bjork isn't your primary means of entertainment, then you should just kill yourself with a juicer. i don't know what any of this means.
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    Image of Don Nguyen Don Nguyen
    10/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Fair point. The only time I would use my iPhone as my primary means of entertainment is when I fly. I would rather carry a USB cable to keep my iPhone charged since my laptop is invariably plugged in to a wall at the terminal (and now, increasingly on the flight as well).
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    Edited by Don Nguyen at 10/07/09 9:29 PM Don Nguyen was starred Don Nguyen was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/07/09

    @Don Nguyen: Fair enough, though in my case, if my laptop is out, there's not much point to using my handheld for entertainment. On the Greyhound (whenever I used to take it), something like this would've been great.
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    Image of Andinator Andinator
    10/07/09

    In reply to Monstrous Battery Pack Promises 20 Hours of Video Playback for iPhones
    One step away from turning the iPhone into a bag phone.
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    Don Nguyen promoted this comment Andinator was starred Andinator was unstarred
    Image of nathanhornby000001 nathanhornby000001
    10/06/09

    In reply to Crank This Battery To Charge Up
    Yup; its shockingly poor design to use red as a full indicator ... SHOCKINGLY bad. The guys who designed this need to go back to school.

    It's design like this that causes half the usability problems when it comes to product design :/
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment Odin approved this comment nathanhornby000001 was starred nathanhornby000001 was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/06/09

    @nathanhornby000001: I turned this thing for two days and it is still on empty - must be broken.

    Let's hope these guys don't work on the Mercedes with the auto-stop at traffic lights, what with their 'red means go' mindset and all.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    10/06/09

    @nathanhornby000001: That and the dollar store build quality. Most of these will be sporting broken handles inside of a week.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    10/06/09

    In reply to Crank This Battery To Charge Up
    Shouldn't it be Red to indicate low/no charge, green to say your done, and maybe orange while you are charging?
    Just cos thats kinda how things have been for ages, green = go, good, etc
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/06/09

    In reply to Crank This Battery To Charge Up
    Do they have crankable lappies yet? Other than the olpc of course.
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    Image of ithyphallus, bonks morrigan ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
    10/05/09

    In reply to Crank This Battery To Charge Up
    IIRC, we live in a world of thermodynamics. what irks me is that you're not making energy, you're really just transfering your own mechanical energy into that battery. you "burn" calories to crank dat battery and you replace that energy with food!

    -prof. phallus
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    SQLGuru promoted this comment ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was starred ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was unstarred
    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    10/06/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: But most of us can afford to burn a few extra calories to make a little electricity.
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