Friday, June 16, 2006
Inflight Power Recharger Cables Keep the Juice Flowing
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 09:00 PM
"Inflight Power has developed the unique charging cable for use in the typical passenger aircraft, bus or train seat. The Inflight Power cable is designed to recharge existing low power consumer electronic devices such as: cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, music players, (and) game players."
This is one of those accessories that I'd seriously love to see with my own eyes before ever opening my wallet. The cable, which connects to an aircraft's passenger seat headset jack, uses an internal trickle charger that takes 3 to 5 minutes to fully charge, and then outputs power to the attached device for about a minute or less. Don't bet on it being able to fully charge your device; rather, it'll probably keep it just alive for moments when you have no access to other power sources.
In order for it to connect to your PDA, you'll need a separate USB sync-and-charge cable (such as the Lil' Sync Pro cables from Pocket PC Techs).
This is one of those accessories that I'd seriously love to see with my own eyes before ever opening my wallet. The cable, which connects to an aircraft's passenger seat headset jack, uses an internal trickle charger that takes 3 to 5 minutes to fully charge, and then outputs power to the attached device for about a minute or less. Don't bet on it being able to fully charge your device; rather, it'll probably keep it just alive for moments when you have no access to other power sources.
In order for it to connect to your PDA, you'll need a separate USB sync-and-charge cable (such as the Lil' Sync Pro cables from Pocket PC Techs).
