Alkaline battery technology was introduced in the 1950s, and it quickly became a major part of everyday life. According to a 2004 online report, approximately three billion household batteries are sold annually in the United States, “averaging about 32 per family or ten per person.” As stated in this same report, in the year 1992 […]
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While on my recent UK vacation, I got a nasty surprise. Ordinarily when traveling I use the BoxWave MiniSync with the BoxWave VersaCharger, and my iPAQ will recharge with no problem. Knowing that the UK uses a different voltage system, I brought along a voltage adapter and assumed (always dangerous) that with its help I
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Last week we had to take an impromptu overnight trip to Austin. Because Steve had things that he needed to keep up with email-wise, he brought along mini-me, my aging Fujitsu P2110. The battery on that laptop is not holding much of a charge anymore, but he figured it would last for at least an
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Product Requirements: Device: HP iPAQ hx4700 / hx4705 with extended battery The day that I bought the extended battery for my HP iPAQ hx4700, I was set for some serious reading. Suddenly, my PDA’s life was extended to over 13 hours, and life was very, very good…except for the fact that I no longer had
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Brando is selling an external battery kit for the DS. It appears that it’s just a way to bring along an extra 850mAh of juice.
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Product Requirements: Windows Me/2000/XP/2003, USB Port, IBM or Compatible Systems, Mac, a non-metal desk Not too long ago, I got my first rechargeable wireless mouse. I absolutely love the thing, but I have to admit that there have been several times where I have forgotten to put in in its holster at night to charge.
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Product Requirements: Device: 1st or 2nd generation Apple iPod I started out very excited about replacing the battery on my iPod. Although it had only really come up dead on two or three trips (where I had forgotten to specifically charge it up and have everything ready right at liftoff), it would still get
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Plastic shells that nest together to allow smaller batteries to be used in the place of larger ones.
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Product Requirements: A strong grip I will start this review by stating that I hate having to buy single use alkaline batteries for items around the house. For that reason, just about everything that we own which requires power has a rechargeable battery and/or can be plugged into an outlet. Batteries are inconvenient. They are
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$100 will get you 40hrs (yes, I said 40!) of play time on your iPod or Mini.
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