6 portable chargers for the mobile professional
Summary: Business travelers can find it difficult to have their phone or tablet get through a busy day on the road without running the battery dry. These portable chargers solve that problem.
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New Trent iCarrier IMP120D
The New Trent was recommended more often than others in this collection. My colleague Jason Perlow uses one on his business trips and had good things to say about it.
From the New Trent product page:
Quick Overview
- Charge Phones up to 6 times
- Portable iPhone Battery Pack
- Unrivaled Power & Speed - 12,000mAh Power
- Built to Last: 500x Charge Cycle Guarantee
- Dual USB: 2.1A and 1A
- Compact and Lightweight
- Compatible with Major Smartphones
The iCarrier can charge a phone and tablet at the same time with its dual USB ports. One is higher output than the other to charge bigger devices faster than a typical phone charger.
There is no pass-through capability so the iCarrier cannot charge devices while its internal battery is charging. Its 12,000 mAH capacity is twice that of the other products in this collection.
$76.95
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It's taken you 3 years to catch on James
Are these really worth the money
I have android stuff, so basic universal charger stuff by the way
But it seems to me you would have to be so badly organised or be carrying 27 devices to need any of these. Not only that, you would have to make sure your charging device is charged as well as your chargers. Far better to bring a normal dual plug and a couple of USB cables or if you buy a phone, like the Samsung, get a spare battery on eBay for $5. Really not worth spending the 100 bucks on a device which you are just as likely to forget as a spare charger or battery.
IMHO xxx
I think...
Then again, why not have solar panels on the backside of laptops and notebooks?
My $0.0002
Ridiculous!
I travel for work, and the last thing you want is to be across a foreign city, maybe needing to use your GPS to navigate back to the hotel, and having to plug in some big, expensive, external dongle to rip your suction cup mount off your windshield. Totally unacceptable, Rube Goldberg workaround to the fundamental problem:
YOU bought a phone without a removable battery.
By contrast, I can keep a charged battery in my pocket (which is tiny), and just pop it in anytime I want, and I'm back to 100% charged. Instantly.
Also 'by contrast', I bought two 2200mah batteries (stock is 2100 on my phone) and an external charger for $15 with free shipping on Amazon... meaning I have a total of three batteries, so I can keep one in my laptop bag, one in my phone, and one in my pocket so I'm never stuck without that weird thing I'm otherwise likely to "oops, left that in the hotel room...".
Just boycott phones without removable batteries. Vote with your wallet, and stop jumping through hoops. It's how manufacturers will get the message.
They build products to suit customer demand... so stop buying products that don't suit ALL your potential needs!
missing your logic
Then, you prefer to keep an fragile and dangerous spare battery in your pocket so that you could install it when in need?
If you only have one phone, of known brand that that brand does not change their batteries over time (all of them do!), possibly you could do it "your way".
But if you happen to have several gadgets, each of which has apparently very different battery, then you will carry N different batteries, correct? Or N*2 batteries, just in the case you use one of the devices more.
Then, those two batteries + charger for $15 things: that is guaranteed junk. If you put any value in your phone, you would not put a battery like this inside...
But then, it's your money and your devices to waste.
And yes, I mean $15 total for all three...
http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Compatible-GT-i9300-T-mobile-CAPABILITIES/dp/B008FQGN7K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1364316214&sr=8-3
You get my point. ;-)