The £9 MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter is annoyingly expensive, but it's better than buying new gear. And now for £12 you can adopt an annoyingly expensive, but ingenious way to keep track of the tiny dongle. It's the Apple way. Read More >>
If you travel with an iPad you really have no choice but to bring along its bulky wall wart for charging. But thanks to Scosche's new CoverCharge, you can now at least leave your phone's charging cube at home to save some space. Read More >>
Featured comment by tomlowe80:
"Couldn't they just up the amps so each output has the capability of charging two iPads? I might be wrong, but I believe the device handles how much po..." More »
If you're trusting enough to leave your £36-a-month smartphone resting on a table in McDonalds while you guzzle down some meat and bread, there's about to be a good reward for doing so -- free electricity from embedded tabletop wireless chargers. Read More >>
Hilarious observational comedian Michael McIntyre has been proved right by O2 and HTC's decision to offer the HTC One X+ without a charger in the box. No one wants another charger. We have reached mobile phone charger saturation point. The kitchen drawers of the nation are indeed heaving with cables and plugs, as was foretold by the chubby funnyman. Read More >>
Think about anything you need to do regarding your gadget charging needs. Need to power an iPhone 5? What about a fourth-gen iPad? An Android phone? Some weird gadget with a strange USB port? Need to charge at home? In the car? Hate tangled cables? Scosche has addressed all of these scenarios with its latest line of charging accessories. Read More >>
O2 and HTC are just about to start selling phones without a charger in the box. Of course, the phone will still come with a microUSB cable, so you can charge it from any old USB socket or plug. But is that being kind to the environment, or just plain cheap? Read More >>
Everyone hates running out of battery on their phone, no question about that, and carrying around an emergency battery charger is often a pain as they can be quite bulky, and external battery cases are just as cumbersome. But this charger is small enough to fit in your wallet. Read More >>
Inductive charging means you'll never have to plug your phone in again, and to avoid clunky add-on solutions if your device doesn't have it built in, Duracell has created this wafer thin adapter card that slips in alongside its battery. Read More >>
Featured comment by Djdat:
"I would also like to know this. It's a bit like using wifi when you've got an ethernet cable. Cable wins hands down in that case...." More »
O2 has announced something it's calling the Think Big Blueprint, which is a collection of sustainability boasts that may or may not save carbon and stop the planet exploding for a few more minutes. One of the interesting tangible plans it's putting in to action is a decision to stop issuing chargers with new mobile phones. Read More >>
We've been waiting nearly a year to get our hands on the Powertrekk portable charger — you know, the water-powered one. Well that wait is nearly over according the company. It has announced pricing and availability (sorta). Read More >>
Featured comment by nicwindley:
"The main difference with this device and other similar fuel cell technologies like these here;
http://www.azlanenergy.co.uk/product-category/portab..." More »
Why would anyone want a mat that does nothing but charge phones? It's dumb and ugly and takes up space. But an alarm clock that you just set your phone down on to charge it? Yes please. Read More >>
Featured comment by jtanz0:
"Why would anyone need a charger that mirrors the functionality of the thing it's charging? I've used my phone as an alarm for longer than I can rememb..." More »
Nokia has been running a long and public series of tests of solar-powered mobile charging technology, and the results are in. It really doesn't work very well. Read More >>
Now that the iPhone 4S has been shown off to borderline middling interest, Apple is quietly rolling out this little dongle that allows you to charge your phone via Micro USB. Too bad it's only in Europe (for now?). Read More >>
Featured comment by miocene:
"One assumes and hopes that all future Apple devices will ditch the dock connector in favour of micro-usb. I guess that as the 4S wasn't a redesign cha..." More »