ChargeTech brings PLUG to Indiegogo: 250W of power, two AC outlets

The crowdfunding scene for more versatile portable battery packs has been exploding in the past few months, especially as big players like Anker catch up and overdeliver.One such player that has popped up is ChargeTech. It came out in 2014 on Indiegogo with a 27Ah battery pack, but it wasn’t just any pack — it was one of the first to include an AC outlet to power appliances.This time around, ...

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More than a million portable batteries were bought in the two weeks since Pokemon GO’s launch

In a game like Pokemon GO, where the GPS is blaring its location out constantly and the screen and the camera and the GPU and everything is going crazy and hot and tiring and ugh — yeah, batteries be runnin’ out. Fast.That’s why people bought 1.2 million portable batteries for their phones ...

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ASAP Dash: Everything it’s cracked up to be, or just another portable battery?

There’s a new portable phone charger making the rounds that’s making claims that seem too good to be true. It’s called the ASAP Dash and it claims to be the world’s fastest pocket-sized charger.Charging batteries can be compared to filing a bucket with water. If you have a small hose, it will take a long time to fill the bucket, but you won’t spill a drop. If you have a big hose, say a firehose, that bucket might fill in just a second or two ...

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ZENS Qi-enabled portable battery makes charging truly wireless, almost

Last week we showed you a very novel Qi wireless charger for you to keep your smartphone topped of while in your car, and we were quite impressed with it. Unlike most car chargers that attach to your dash or windshield, this one sits in your cup holder and cradles your phone while you drive down the road. Interesting and convenient! If you’re more into carrying around a spare battery, like I do, you might be interested in the ZENS ...

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ZAGGsparq 6000: As close to perfect as a portable battery can get

When OEMs started moving away from removable batteries, many of us were disappointed, frustrated, even angry. Before then we had been able to extend the runtime of our devices by simply slipping an extended battery into the back of our phones and covering it with a new back-plate. Even if we didn’t want to go with an extended battery that packed more mAh into a bigger space, we could always carry a spare battery or two with us to make it through extra-long hauls. Non-removable batteries made that impossible to do, which has given rise to the popularity of portable battery packs. ...

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Need more juice? We look at 3 portable batteries

Since many of today’s smartphones and tablets don’t have removable batteries, and staying tethered to an electrical outlet isn’t a viable option, there’s got to be another solution. Hold tight as we look at three portable batteries that you can use with your Android, iOS, Windows, or BlackBerry today! As our smartphones and tablets become a more powerful part of our every days lives, we seem to keep finding more things that we can do with them. My smartphone has become my calorie counter, pedometer, music player, TV, portable WiFi hotspot, primary email machine, ...

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