04 Mar 10 Giveaway–Mobilefun Charging Gear
All right, so you remember that Mobilefun gear we reviewed here earlier in the week? The solar charging case and the hand-crank flashlight charger?
Well, we’re giving you a pretty sweet opportunity to get your hands on them because we’re giving them away!
That’s right, folks–just post your name in the comments section and we’ll do a random drawing for the hardware, which will then be sent to you. We’ll pick a winner March 15th.
See here for details about the product.
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02 Mar 10 Solar Cell Phone Case Review–Limited Kind of Quality
So the folks out at Mobilefun sent me a solar powered cell phone case, and I have to admit, I was intrigued. I certainly liked the thought of what amounted to a wallet for a cell phone–I mostly just carry mine loose in my coat–and the idea that it could recharge the phone too? Well, that was icing on the cake.
It comes with a panoply of plugins to help ensure that, despite the brand of phone you happen to be partial to, the solar cell phone case will be able to recharge it. And on the off chance that yours ISN’T one of the many that it’ll work with, it’s not a huge loss–the solar powered cell phone case comes with a thirty day money-back guarantee.
Now, it will definitely protect your cell phone against a lot of nasty stuff–dust, rain, all the little scratches (I didn’t test it against waterproofing and drops because frankly, that’s a solar panel on top. Didn’t want to risk breaking it.) And indeed, you can build up a solar charge on this thing and use it to recharge your phone.
Of course, as is the case with most solar devices, this thing isn’t exactly cranking out the ohms and ergs, if you catch my drift. I left this thing in the sun for THREE DAYS STRAIGHT and it’s STILL “charging” . To be fair, I AM in the Northern Hemisphere in the waning days of winter, so sunlight’s at a premium. Maybe in June it charges a bit faster, but still–don’t look to this thing to replace the AC outlet.
But for one last call, or for emergencies, you could definitely do worse.
The Good
Protects nicely against dust and dirt
Nice aesthetics
Does provide a recharge
The Bad
Sun may actually explode before this thing gets a full charge
Score 7 / 10
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01 Mar 10 Wind Up Mobile Phone Charger / Torch Review–Terrific For Emergencies
So the folks out at Mobilefun sent me an interesting little tool, the Wind Up Mobile Phone Charger / Torch. The fact that they call it “torch” instead of “flashlight” only serves to indicate that this comes from Europe, though chances are all my European readers right now are mocking me for calling it a “flashlight” to begin with. But regardless of what you call it, it’s two very simple things in one.
It’s a three-LED flashlight powered by a hand-crank dynamo, but that would mean nothing to us here if it weren’t for one critical distinction–it also comes with a panoply of plugs (ten different kinds all told) to hook this hand-crank dynamo into your cell phone for use as a mobile recharger that you can power yourself. It’s compatible with a wide array of phones, including the Nokia 6230, the LG Chocolate, the Motorola V3, and several others.
Yes, folks, having this in your car or on your key chain or whatever–and it’s really not that big a charger as you can see in the picture–you can now generate instant power for your cell phone. Of course, it’ll take a LOT of cranking to charge your battery back to full, but for those times when you need just enough juice for one call, well, you could definitely do much worse. And failing that, you’d be especially surprised at how bright this tiny little flashlight can be.
As an emergency tool, the Wind Up Mobile Phone Charger from Mobilefun, which weighs in at about twenty bucks all told, makes a whole lot of sense to have on hand.
The Good
Incredibly compact
Great in emergencies
The flashlight is supremely effective
The Bad
Power yielded is extremely low
Score 8 / 10
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07 Feb 10 Charge your devices on the bike with pedal power
I’m sure that most of you have used hand-cranked generators in science class, so why not actually take it out of the inapplicable classroom and apply that science to charging your mobile devices?
This is what the RollerGen bike mounted generator is designed to do. As you pedal along, all the energy you burn gets put in a battery that resembles a bar of soap.
Of course, this costs about $495 for this system, which is pretty steep.
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18 Jan 10 Onzo device shows you how much power your house is using
For those of you who have a New Year’s Resolution of “going green” this year might want to look into the Onzo kit. This device is slated to go into production later this year, and it has the ability to show a user his or her current consumption of power, and then send that information wirelessly to a sensor unit.
The Onzo can store up to ten years worth of power consuming information, and the user can determine a gameplan for reducing the amount of household power that he or she uses. As I’ve said before, the Onzo is planned to be released sometime this year, and there is no word on the price.
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