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07 November 2010 ~ Comments Off

Powermat for Droid X – Fail

I’m out in Salt Lake City for a short conference and while passing some time I wandered over to the local Walmart and found that they had the Powermat for Droid X in stock for $49 (cheaper by $10 than Amazon). I’ve used Powermat in the past on my iPhone. The concept is that you [...]

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11 August 2010 ~ Comments Off

Energizer Universal 8000mAh Rechargeable Battery Pack – $39 on Woot!

Woot! has this 8000 mAh rechargeable battery on sale for $39 today (8/11/10) only. Add in $5 for shipping and you’re still about $40 cheaper than the best reputable price I could find on Amazone. They advertise this as a notebook battery backup – however I’ve been using mine for about the last year as [...]

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28 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Nexus one Spare Battery – $25

Google has just added a spare OEM Nexus One battery to their web site. Listed at $25 the battery is a 1400 mAH battery replacement with talk time: Up to 10 hours on 2G, up to 7 hours on 3G. There is presently a limit of 5 batteries per customer. Users of the Nexus One [...]

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06 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Powermat Receivers – 25% off through 2/7/10

Powermat has all of their receivers on sale for this weekend only (offer expires midnight Sunday February 7, 2010). The Powermat system allows supported devices (most newer BlackBerry as well as iPhone/Touch) to charge simply by laying them onto a matching Powermat. The charging system — the receiver and the mat — combine to re-charge [...]

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19 January 2010 ~ 26 Comments

Zagg Sparq “Charger” Takes Nexus One From 30% to 13% in Under 2 Hours

The first time I attempted to use my new Zagg Sparq charger on my Google Nexus One I thought something must be wrong. I plugged the superphone into the charger when it showed about half a charge. Upon waking in the morning my Nexus One battery was completely discharged. Thinking the cable must have disconnected [...]

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