Articles on Chargers

Nokia rolls out charger exchange program - Nov 9, 2009

Crave The Finnish mobile giant today issued a press statement on a potential issue with selected phone chargers and has initiated an exchange program to replace the faulty component. According to ... Read story »

Universal phone charger standard approved - Oct 26, 2009

Crave Side by side view of a micro-USB connector and a regular USB connector. A standard for a universal phone charger was approved this week by the International Telecommunication Union, a ... Read story »

Novothink announces Apple-certified solar charger for iPod touch and iPhone - Dec 1, 2009

Crave The greening of homes and gadgets is a growing consumer trend, and many exhibitors will debut their eco-friendly products at CES 2010. Last week, we highlighted the Electronic Houskeeper and ... Read story »

Powermat wireless device chargers now available - Oct 9, 2009

Crave Powermat has been touting its wireless chargers for awhile now--ever since CES 2009, quite frankly--but now they're finally available for you, the consumer, to purchase. The Powermat is a one-pad, one-plug ... Read story »

Scosche PowerFuze universal USB charger reduces wire clutter - Oct 30, 2009

Crave The PowerFuze keeps your USB devices juiced in the car and at home. You should see the mess of cables, chargers, and charging cables that clutter my backpack every day. ... Read story »

Induction-based Wii remote charging kit - Nov 24, 2009

Crave Nintendo has possibly the least elegant implementation for its Wii remote as far as battery power is concerned. While users can recharge their PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers easily via ... Read story »

Methanol fuel cells for gadgets forge forward - Nov 3, 2009

Crave Direct Methanol Fuel Cell has licensed a patent from CalTech to build methanol-based gadget chargers, a week after Toshiba took the wraps off its own portable fuel cell. Toshiba introduced a ... Read story »

Juice up your disposable cells with Battery Wizard - Sep 21, 2009

Crave We all know that battery chargers typically recharge nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride cells, but the Battery Wizard claims it can top up disposables, too. Yes, this charger can recondition standard alkaline ... Read story »

SoliCharger juices iPhone everywhere under the sun - Jan 30, 2009

Crave The SoliCharger comes in two colors to fit with the colors of your iPhone 3G. If you own an iPhone 3G, you know how the 3G and GPS features eat ... Read story »

Fixing the PC power adapter cluster-muck - Feb 19, 2009

Crave The micro-USB connector used on this Motorola cell phone charger will soon be the standard for all chargers. It's the small things in life. So it is that when your ... Read story »

Disinfecting phone charger - Aug 10, 2006

Crave We kid you not. Directly after our editor wrote a Techbuzz piece, Are we breeding germs on our phones?, an email arrived in our inbox from a company called staytalking.com. Its ... Read story »

Major phone-makers to adopt micro-USB phone chargers in Europe - Jun 30, 2009

Crave Side by side view of a micro-USB connector and a regular USB connector. Apple and other big phone makers have struck a deal with the European Commission to start selling ... Read story »

WiPower introduces mainstream wireless charging - Dec 15, 2009

Crave WiPower's charging mat can power up to four devices at once, regardless of their position. Can you imagine placing your cellphone on a Starbucks table and seeing it charge instantly? ... Read story »

Solar cells for phones still not fully feasible - Aug 19, 2009

Crave Sharp's Solar Phone SH002 launched in June in Japan. Solar or photovoltaic (PV) technology in mobile computing devices is still impeded by performance and price issues, and is not likely ... Read story »

A cooler way to power up, the PowerMat - Nov 16, 2009

Blogs It's taken the better part of a month to arrive all the way from New York, but the PowerMat has made its way into my hands and I've just completed a ... Read story »

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