Energizer devices power up portables

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Energizer devices power up portables
Staff and agencies
15 June, 2006

By JIM SALTER, AP Business Writer 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

ST. LOUIS - Energizer Inc. on Thursday introduced portable devices that will allow travelers to charge most cell phones, iPods and gaming devices without plugging into the wall.

Tony Mazzola, Energizer‘s product technical support manager, cited a consumer research study showing 20 percent of cell phone users lose power at least once a week. That‘s due in part to the growing demands and uses of cell phones, which now take pictures, receive e-mail and play music and videos.

The charger supplies immediate power to the cell phone — some phones with completely spent batteries can be used within 30 seconds of activating the charger, Energizer said. Cell phones with more involved multimedia applications may take several minutes to power up.

The other device, the Energi to Go Power Pack, comes in a version for audio such as Apple‘s iPod, Nano and Mini, and for gaming systems that include PlayStation Portable, Game Boy, Advance and Nintendo DS. Each is packaged with four e2 AA Lithium batteries and sells for $29.99.
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This seems pretty cool. It is always good to see new technology that is so obivous like this come out. Backup cell phone chargers? Genius! Go Energizer. I hope they patent it good so duracell, rayovac and all the other off brands cannot copy the idea.

 

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This seems pretty cool. It is always good to see new technology that is so obivous like this come out. Backup cell phone chargers? Genius! Go Energizer. I hope they patent it good so duracell, rayovac and all the other off brands cannot copy the idea.

Why not? Competition is good. It drives down prices and increases quality at the same time. Even if Energizer comes up with a patent, the competitors will most likely find a way around it or produce something better.