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Chinese Mobile Phone Has Two -Year Battery Life

Chinese cell phone with two-year battery life.

Battery life is often the determining factor when we buy consumer electronics products. How does a cell phone with two years of stand-by time sound to you?

A new phone out of China promises just that, giving you two years of stand-by time and two to three days of active talking time -- all without plugging the phone into the charger even once.

You may be thinking this device, Solo Mobi model number ZJ268, would be nothing more than a big battery with a keypad, but the handset actually has Bluetooth support, slots for two SIM cards, keypad AND handwriting input, and MP3 playback capability. The Solo Mobi also has plenty of standard phone applications like calendar, task list, and (of course) a contact list.

The 32800 mAh battery is rated by the manufacturer to operate for 666 days in standby mode, which blows away anything else we've seen on the market.

As best we can tell from the manufacturer Web site, the basic cost of the phone is $128. According to the specifications, it does come with a charger -- but why would you need one?

The good news is that if you can get your hands on one -- either by going to China and buying one or finding it for sale online -- you'll be able to use it with ay T-Mobile or AT&T Wireless SIM card.

From Textually.org.


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Cell Phones to Get Universal Chargers

Cell Phones to Get Universal ChargersWhen you lose your phone charger or accidentally leave it behind while traveling, your options are limited to either buying a new one or finding a friend who happens to have a phone made by the same manufacturer – even then, it sometimes needs to be the same exact model.

Thankfully, those days are drawing to a close now that the world's major phone manufacturers including Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG have agreed on a universal standard for chargers. That standard is micro-USB, the little brother to the mini-USB jack that many phone makers are already using thanks to its ability to charge from an outlet, charge from a PC and sync with a PC. Micro-USB boasts the same versatility, but in a much smaller for factor, which should be helpful going forward as our phones shrink to 'Zoolander'-like proportions.

While consumers will obviously benefit from the interoperability of phone cables, another winner is Ma Nature. Telecom analysts believe this will open the door to manufacturers offering an option to buy phones without the charging cables included, assuming you already own one. Not only would this cut down on the number of unused cables being sent to the dump, but it would also reduce the size of the packaging your new phone comes in.

If only our cell phone service providers were as easily swappable ...

From Engadget

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Powerstrip for Your Car

Coleman Headrest Powerworks
If you read this site, there's a pretty good chance that you have lots of shiny electronic toys. There's also a good chance that you need to charge your gadgets on the go. Enter the Coleman Headrest Powerworks, a one or two outlet power inverter that plugs into your cigarette lighter and turns your car's DC to AC with standard plugs, so you can use your existing power cords to get juice. Like any other power strip, all the outlets are grounded. What's more, this one comes with Velcro straps to hook it over your car's headrest.

We must agree with BookofJoe, however. Why not just build regular outlets into the car to begin with?

from BookofJoe


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