Leave the cables behind with the Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger
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As a mobile enthusiast and reviewer I carry more devices than your average person when I travel and it gets to be a real pain carrying lots of a/c adapters and cables around. Katrina from Proporta sent me an early beta of their new USB Mobile Device Charger to check out and I just returned from taking it on a trip across the country. I was able to save some room and lighten my load in my kit bag and if you travel you may want to check this accessory out.
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The Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger is a 3400 mAh external battery pack that is about the size of an iPod and has a standard USB port, labeled Out, and a miniUSB port labeled, In. You simply charge up the battery pack with a USB to miniUSB cable and then connect your device USB cable to the output port to charge it up. I like being able to charge it up with my computer as that lets me leave another a/c adapter behind. There is a small round button with an indicator light in the middle to give you the status of the battery and charging. So far I have used it to charge my T-Mobile Dash and Nokia N93. You can use it to charge up anything that charges via USB, like an iPod, mobile phone, digitial camera, PDA, etc. The test kit I was sent came with a USB cable that had removable tips so I could charge multiple devices with a single cable and then just carry a couple of tips around. They also offer a bundle package that includes a car charger and world adapter.