It may look like an over-priced flash drive at $23 but you have to give technology some allowance in making it happen. This solar cell USB key called the Sun Drive comes in various capacities (2.1G, 2.2G, 2.3G and 2.4G). As you would guess, it solicits its power from the sun (solar power) which should become an ideal alternative for mobile phone power (100 minutes of talk time) or as a power source for MP3 players (35 hours). It may seem bulky but this is because of the solar cell and the battery. Overall, this is should be a handy gadget, especially for the ones who have all kinds of gadgets on the go.

(Source) Oh Gizmo

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Sony Ericsson mobile phone owners are going to get some help when it comes to personalizing their phones thanks to the new Themes Creator 4.0. The new program includes a wide range of attractive features, enabling customers to design their ideal ‘signature style’ directly on their mobile phone’s desktop.

Moreover, the Themes Creator also enables mobile phone users to choose from dynamic and intuitive animations that are based on Adobe Flash technology, and which will vary according to the time of the day, will change as soon as the season changes, and are even able to change colors when the battery is low on power.

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Here is another charger alternative you can use for your gadgets that make use of a different type of energy. HYmini is a stylish, portable wind turbine that is amazingly versatile, saving up green electricity and dishing it out to 5V devices as required. It comes with a variety of connectors and can be mounted to your bike or your arm.

HYmini comes in your choice of green, black or white and includes a “1200 mAh built-in Lithium Ion Polymer rechargeable battery power bank”. The battery stores both wind-generated power and also solar power generated by miniSOLAR, a small self-contained solar panel included in the main HYmini package but also sold separately.

One notable drawback of the HYmini mentioned by GadgetReview’s testers is that it’s not compatible with either the iPod Shuffle or even worse, the iPhone. Non-Shuffle iPods are OK though, as they connect via the HYmini’s included USB connector. On the other hand, one commenter disputes this, stating the “iPhone is designed to switch from 12V to 5V power source for recharging when it is plugged to the computer/laptop.”

(Source) InvetorSpot

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As if the cellphone market wasn’t already crowded enough, UK-based company Nujira has announced that they have secured upwards of $18m worth of funding to enter the cellphone market.

However, the company will not be producing the handsets themselves, instead focusing more on the innards, more specficially, what powers the devices.

Whatever Nujira brings to the market, lets hope it’s good, and even moreso, running Android! Hey, we can dream can’t we?

Tags: Cell Phones, Nujira, power source

It’s that time of the year again. Some serious traveling is expected. Most of us will probably pack cell phones and laptops too while going on vacation. I mean we don’t want to get disconnected from the whole wide web world do we?

What you need is the Take Anywhere Electrical Power Source. It lacks a simpler name so I’m going to call it Jim. And Jim’s got Juice. Jim will charge your laptop for up to three hours of battery usage. It will also get you about 15 hours of cell phone charging and more than a few iPod charges. If you’re going on vacation for more than 90 days, you lucky bastard you, be sure to recharge your Jim. Jim will hold an unused charge for up to 90 days only. I wonder how it discards the unused energy afterwards…

The Jim has a wife and two kids, two AC outlets, one DC outlet and an USB port. It will cost you $199.95 but it’s worth it.

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