Camping out with your laptop always improves the experience, after all watching The Ring while hearing the howl of coyotes is just too good. Well if things get too scary, flip on this USB powered camping lamp. Sporting a flashlight beam, lantern glow, FM radio with antenna, and headphone jacks, this multi-function device can be powered from any open USB port — if your laptop is running out of juice,
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No matter which direction you are heading the iPod USB Car Charger from Sonnet has got your juice. The sleek looking charger works with any 12Volt or 24Volt accessory jack from cars, trucks, vans or boats. Couple of points worth mentioning:
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For international travel the #1 item on most people’s list would be their iPod. Afterall spending 15 hours on a flight to Japan is an absolute drag without some tunes. Well, to insure there’s juice for the trip home Griffin introduces their PowerBlock Travel charger pack. The PowerBlock Travel is an international power pack which covers every location you could possibly visit.
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Hewlett Packard’s UPS “G2” family now provides USB support, from 1000 VA (650 watts) to 2200 VA (1600 watts), and extended runtime for servers, storage, computer equipment, and network environments. These Uniterrubtible Power Supplies are the T1000 G2, T1500 G2, and R/T2200 G2, respectively, succeeding the XR series. The UPS R/T 2200 G2 can be converted easily from
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As with the Energi-To-Go product line, Motorola has unveiled the Portable Power P970 gadget, a power pack that plugs into any device with a mini USB port either to recharge the host or provide current immediately. The P970 is essentially a 1700mAh rechargeable battery in a curvy PEBL-like casing with a USB port on top. It weighs just 79g and measures 7.4 x 5.1 x 2.4cm. Motorola is pitching the product as an accessory for its own phones and accessories, but we’d bet it will prove handy for other gadgets that can recharge through their mini USB ports, such as phones, PDA and MP3 players.
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GetUSB.info Summary: Energizer launched a new line of battery power packs for USB powered gadgets, PDAs, cell phones and MP3 players. One very note worthy item is the airline headphone to USB power adaptor making it easy to power-up during airline flights.
Portable power in a box, that is what the APC UPB10 brings to the table. Giving 10 hours of extra juice to any USB powered gadget it helps you when help is needed most. Probably not a necessity for the everyday gadgeteer but for the business person on the go who needs to avoid downtime with their Palm Pilot, Treo, Camera or MP3 player the UPB10 is the ticket. Prices start at just around $70USD.
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Those guys at Griffin Technology sure have their act together. They’ve recently bundled two of their most popular products into the PowerDuo package. PowerDuo keeps you charged in auto, boat, RV, home, hotel, or dorm room. The universally useful PowerDuo package contains the PowerJolt auto charger, PowerBlock AC charger, a USB Dock Connector cable, and a 48″ USB Type A to mini-B cable.
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