Windows Phone Thoughts: Beacon 5 Portable Power Solutions

Until fuel cells arrive, power will always be an issue with any PDA on the market. Beacon 5 offers some interesting solutions for power - they have an assortment of products for those of us looking for power solutions. The 'D' battery-based solutions mean they're not light, for the pedestal units are perfect for other rooms in the house where you don't want to have to mess with AC adaptors.



"As many of you have discovered, there is nothing more useless and frustrating than a Pocket PC with a depleted battery and no power plug in sight. Realizing your frustrations and understanding your need to keep your Pocket PC operating longer, Beacon 5 has created the Pocket Power Pak and other practical products to provide real solutions.

The Pocket Power Pak may well be the most useful Pocket PC peripheral you can own, particularly if you are an 'avid user' of your handheld device, …or, if you want to add all those terrific, but power hungry, wireless accessories. Now you can have a real portable battery-based power pak behind your Pocket PC that can go anywhere you go! And when it's power gets low, re-charge by simply replacing the readily-available D-size batteries. It doesn't get any easier or quicker than that!"