Eneloop Stick Booster for powering mobile gadgets

Tim Hornyak | Nov 13, 2009

(Credit: Sanyo)

Sanyo is introducing a portable USB recharger that can power mobile devices, such as the iPhone, that require a higher current for charging.

The Eneloop Stick Booster, part of the same family of power products as the USB Solar Panels, comes with two rechargeable Eneloop AA NiMH batteries.

The company says the batteries can be recharged some 1,500 times, and Eneloops are more effective than dry cells because they don't meet the current requirement of some devices.

The aluminum-construction Stick Booster weighs 76g and is 148mm long. When switched on, it can provide power for about 90 minutes on two fully charged Eneloop AA batteries.

The device goes on sale December 1 in Japan for what appears to be about US$35.

Via CNET Crave and Akihabara News

Filed under: Gadgets, Mobile Phones, Music & Play
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minimach says...
I know for a fact that this will be quite a dummy for our 3.7 volts phones for the rest of the world outside of Japan. The voltage of 2 rechargeable AA batteries in series will only manage 1.2 + 1.2=2.4 volts! How to charge our phones? Unless they can do something with the container for the batteries, which is highly unlikely!

Nov 14, 2009 01:08