PS I bought the www.3gjuice.com and the Mophie. 3gjuice has more energy for the bucks, Mophie is more stylish. Love them both.
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Lilliputian's power pack delivers a charge for a lot less than the AA-battery-powered rechargers in the market today, which cost about five bucks and give you one charge. Lazarus says. There's also a green angle. Lazarus claims it's six times more efficient to generate electricity with the butane fuel cell than to produce electricity in a power plant and transmit it across a grid to a wall outlet and then through a wall charger to a phone.
The first portable power pack is only phase one of Lilliputian's plan. Lazarus intends to develop a version that's five to eight times more powerful, enough to recharge a laptop. Next, Lazarus envisions laptop batteries designed to incorporate Lilliputian's fuel-cell chip right into the battery itself, so you can get a boost by simply snapping a butane cartridge onto the back of your computer. The company has already been talking to top laptop and battery manufacturers.
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the fuel cell so that it can be carried on flights. Now Lilliputian is trying to line up consumer-electronics companies that can bring its device to market. Two companies have signed on to do evaluations of the prototypes, and Lilliputian will ship its first prototypes this month.
Lilliputian is also trying to come up with a cool name for the product and a sleeker design. Soon, iPhone addicts like me won't ever have to put down our gadgets. I wonder if that's a blessing or a curse.
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