August 8, 2005
Public Phone Recharging Services
Jan Chipchase writes about something you see a lot in Asia but not yet in Europe or the US, public alternatives for charging mobile phones.
The picture on the left, was taken from a waiting room near Hodaka, a popular hiking/climbing in Japan's Northern Alps.
There are a number of other options available in Japan. Most convienience stores stock 'top-up' batteries that plug into the phones power socket. This is a practical alternative in Japan where to a large extent the carrier specifies the power connector - all DoCoMo PDC phones are able to take the same charging/data cable. (Actually the connectors are all slightly different but they are specified to share enough simiarities to be able to charge from the same cable."
Related:
-- Mobile Mobile Cell Phone Charging Station - Krista Winters and Matt Chick are offering emergency cell phone charges in New York City, outside of the Virgin Records in Union Square. Winters' and Chick's business, called Mobile Mobile, charges $.50 a minute for use of their giant battery and a compatible power adapter. You can also charge up other portables, like your iPod.
-- Get mobile charged using ATM - Mangalore-based Corporation Bank has launched a new product called 'Corp Mobile Recharge', which enables the Bank's customers to recharge their 'prepaid mobiles' at any of the Bank's ATMs.
-- Orange Switzerland ATM pre-paid recharging to replace scratch cards - Mobile operator Orange in Switzerland has announced the introduction of a new mobile phone recharging service through the country's post offices.
-- Banks' cash machines to offer top-ups for mobiles - The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest allow their customers to withdraw cash out of an ATM machine, as well as "top up" their mobile phones.
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