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Travelmate USB Power Adapter Gives Your Gadgets Power on the Go

Posted 01/19/09 at 03:00:12 PM  by Paul Lilly

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It's usually not too difficult finding a power outlet no matter where you're at, but that won't do you any good if your juice-deprived gadget needs to sip on a USB connector for a refill. Travelmate's USB Power Adapter seeks to solve this problem with not one, but two USB ports on a single plug-in device.

Not only does it come with two USB ports accessible via a retractable USB cable, but a bevy of connector tips and charging plugs keeps you covered in most situations. Tips include an iPod/iPhone, Sony Ericson, Motorola HTC/Dopod, and two Nokia tips (one standard, one small), along with a car cigarette plug.

The USB adapter is available now for $25.

Image Credit: USBGeek.com

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TAGS: usb, consumer electronics, TravelMate, power adapter
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avatari bought a mp3 player once

Submitted by dstevens on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 8:48am

i bought a mp3 player once that had a usb charging adapter much like this.

everything will charge from it that i have tried...

what we really need is a portable battery much like this that provides power to usb devices anywhere

give it a LCD screen or indicator on the side to show the batteries charge

and recharges the internal battery by plugging into a wall.

most usb devices take less than 5v and no more than 500ma to charge or run.

consider how many times you can charge your cell phones tiny battery, or mp3 players tiny battery

off of one large charge of a battery that is about the size of a notebook battery capable of storing and producing well.. my laptop here runs on 65W and 3600 MA @ 18v

 

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avatarI just use the one that came

Submitted by KaylaKaze on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 10:13pm

I just use the one that came with my Energizer USB-powered battery recharger that was like $12.

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avatarI bought a device that came

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 1:31pm

I bought a device that came with a universal USB outlet adaptor that looks like this. It works great on my Google G1 Phone and on a rechargable digital camera but my GD F'ing 80Gig Apple Ipod Classic won't charge off of it.

So what gives? If it's universal why won't my Ipod charge off of it? Pisses me off.. I bet Apple did this on purpose to make sure only companies that pay a license fee can provide support hardware. I bet that there is a small ID chip in Ipod chargers that tell the Ipod that it's an Authentic Apple licensed product before it allows itself to function... Another reason to fucking hate Apple.. 

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avatarApple has been slowly taking

Submitted by msnight04 on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 4:54pm

Apple has been slowly taking out support for iPods to charge via Firewire. If the pin layout on the iPod adapter is the same as the iPod firewire cables, then it will not work. I recently got an iPod nano 4th gen and it won't charge off of my Alpine cable for my stereo in my car. I did some research and found that this generation of iPod nanos won't charge via connectors designed for the firewire cables. This is actually a major issue and many 3rd party peripherals (speaker docks, fm transmitters, etc.) will not work. I have not figured out yet whether the problem lies with Apple physically removing the pins from the port on the iPods or if it could be fixed with a firmware update. In the meantime, I understand how aggravated this situation may cause you but there is nothing that we can do about it except complain to Apple. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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avatarOh Baby!

Submitted by Shalbatana on Mon, 01/19/2009 - 1:20pm

 Believe it or not, I think this is a phenominal idea. But that's probably only cause my phone and zen player both use usb to charge.

So I can buy a second adapter to charge at home or at work, or have this to charge everything, and even power things without a computer. All that's needed is the european power adapter.

Great price too.

 

(PS. max pc... I missed the geek gift guide this year. I can understand why it didnt' make the mag, but thought it a shoe-in for the web.  Sad.)

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