February 18, 2007
Emergency crank for cellphones
Another Wind up phone charger, spotted on Ubergizmo. It doesn't say how long you have to crank it for it to work, but "the faster the charger is wound and the more revolutions turned, the greater the charge that enters the mobile phone."
Other hand-cranked devices to recharge mobile phones:
-- Emergency Flashlight Recharges Cell Phones - Electrilite Emergency is a new hand-cranked emergency flashlight with a built in FM radio, an alarm and an outlet to recharge cell phones.
-- Sony's Hand-Cranked Radio Has Light, Can Charge Cell Phone - Sony Corp. has taken the wraps off a hand-cranked emergency AM/FM radio that can also serve as a flashlight and comes with an attachment for charging a cellular phone.
-- Hand crank Motorola Phone Project - The Motorola PVOT designed by Andre Minoli is intended as a lower tier phone for developping latin American countries. Designed to operate on rechargeable AA batteries. It is charged via a hand crank.
-- Sidewinder Charger - A hand-cranked charger that needs no other power source. Two minutes of winding will give you six minutes of talk time but you can keep cranking until your hand gives out or you lose interest in the conversation.
-- GoGoPower Wind-Up Device Charges Mobile Phones - Made by Japanese technology company Fuso Rikaseihin, it's a a wind-up mobile phone charger which gives you an extra 20 minutes of power. It takes 5 minutes to wind it up though.
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