10-06-2006, 10:30 PM
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Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger
"The Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger charges from any standard USB port (so it works with ALL Proporta power/charging products in your car, home, office) and stores an impressive 3400 mAH of power for when you need it. Plug any USB powered mobile device (phone, iPod, digital camera etc.) into the battery's standard USB port and recharge anywhere. Even power hungry devices like the iPod 5G will recharge and play for up to three times longer when connected to the Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger and you can recharge your mobile, Smartphone or PDA anywhere. Use as an emergency charger which can be recharged from any convenient USB port and never run out of power again."
Having just returned from a long trek, I ran into all sorts of issues related to powering my various mobile devices. Although nothing was catastrophic (I was fairly well prepared), this exact device is something I could have really used. Anyone own one, or something similar? How do you find using it?
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10-06-2006, 10:49 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I have had AA based ones before, and they sucked because you had to recharge the AAs all the time, which was just plain annoying. This would be much better, with a builtin rechargeable battery. And 3400mAH! Very nice.
Just hope the cells are not made by Sony 
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10-06-2006, 11:03 PM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by MitchellO
Just hope the cells are not made by Sony |
:grumble: haha, great point!
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10-07-2006, 01:29 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Originally Posted by MitchellO
Just hope the cells are not made by Sony |
LOL!
Ciao, Gianni.
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10-07-2006, 02:37 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Anyone own one, or something similar? How do you find using it?
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I have something similar from Mobypower - a 3600 mAh external battery for charging portable devices. It has started to go bad on me - so this release from Proporta is well-timed.
The Proporta battery is much nicer looking and a better size and weight than mine:
It has been fantastically useful though - I never take individual chargers with me when going away - just the battery and its charger. It has saved me from low batteries often and is far better than attaching some bulky extra large extended battery.
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10-07-2006, 03:07 AM
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Oracle
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Re: Proporta USB Mobile Device Charger
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Originally Posted by Duncan
The Proporta battery is much nicer looking and a better size and weight than mine...
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I was very fond of the extended battery for my iPAQ 4355. Made the device nicer to hold, and was easier to type on the brilliant thumboard.
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4...53smallia6.jpg
Now that was a truely fantastic device. Only sold it because I wanted to go to a Pocket PC Phone device.
***long quote and embedded image edited out by moderator JD***
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10-07-2006, 06:57 AM
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I use a socket external adapter. I used it during the flight to last MVP summit (16 hours of traveltine), and saved me from having to watch onboard entertainment.
Jaap
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10-07-2006, 10:19 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2006
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I have a Socket Mobile Power Pack (7200mAh). I hardly every use it, though it has been useful when I've gone treking through mountains. It recharges the PDA-Phone and GPS device twice giving you around 3 days use. I also can attach a solar charger to it which might allow me to stay away from mains indefinitly if the sun is shining. I didn't really need the solar charger for my last trek since I had mains power at least every 2 days. For general use I find a 2nd battery more convenient to carry around, the Socket product is a little bit on the heavy side (375g).
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10-07-2006, 11:36 PM
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Oracle
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Originally Posted by markh1
For general use I find a 2nd battery more convenient to carry around, the Socket product is a little bit on the heavy side (375g).
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Yeah I find a second battery far more convenient too. No charging time
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10-08-2006, 01:24 PM
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Pupil
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Originally Posted by MitchellO
I have had AA based ones before, and they sucked because you had to recharge the AAs all the time, which was just plain annoying. This would be much better, with a builtin rechargeable battery. And 3400mAH! Very nice.
Just hope the cells are not made by Sony |
I got an AA battery USB charger too and it works really nice. Sometimes i forget to bring up a new set of AA batteries, and i can buy it in a convenience store for emergency.
And compare the price, my Sanyo 2500mAh battery is around $US25. I've heard that there's 2800mAh batteries coming. And the AA box is only US$4.
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