Comments on: Energizer Bunny Goes Mobile http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Best Prod http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45551 Best Prod Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:29:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45551 <p>Check out this one. It's much better looking! www.turbocellcharge.com</p> Check out this one. It’s much better looking!
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]]> By: Wally http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45550 Wally Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:32:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45550 <p>Om, I was checking out of a store yesterday and found a product that looks really similar called Charge2go. It can be found at chargetogo.com . It came packaged with a Duracell AA.</p> Om, I was checking out of a store yesterday and found a product that looks really similar called Charge2go. It can be found at chargetogo.com . It came packaged with a Duracell AA.

]]> By: Oliver Starr http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45549 Oliver Starr Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:13:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45549 <p>Om, on the camera; how about the Nokia N90 you had or the N71? Both take terriffic pictures. as a point of comparison, here's the same device shot from my N90 (http://mobilecrunch.com/2006/03/06/3gsm-world-congress-report-energizer-and-techtium-introduce-battery-technology/) Not perfect, but that's more an artifact of the web than the camera…and it isn't a bad phone either.</p> <p>Now regarding the Tectium product vs. cellboost, your size contention is incorrect, the duration of charge is that the Techtium device provides is nearly 2 and a half charges on many phones from a single AA battery. The other advantage is that you don't need a charger or a proprietary battery. In essence this is an akaline battery powered fuel cell one that's a lot more convenient than carrying rechargers, cheaper than the aforementioned cellboost over just a few uses. Oh yeah. And unlike methanol or hydrogen the airlines have no problem with a few more alkaline batteries and you can be pretty sure that unless you try really hard, these are not all that likely to explode.</p> Om, on the camera; how about the Nokia N90 you had or the N71? Both take terriffic pictures. as a point of comparison, here’s the same device shot from my N90 (http://mobilecrunch.com/2006/03/06/3gsm-world-congress-report-energizer-and-techtium-introduce-battery-technology/) Not perfect, but that’s more an artifact of the web than the camera…and it isn’t a bad phone either.

Now regarding the Tectium product vs. cellboost, your size contention is incorrect, the duration of charge is that the Techtium device provides is nearly 2 and a half charges on many phones from a single AA battery. The other advantage is that you don’t need a charger or a proprietary battery. In essence this is an akaline battery powered fuel cell one that’s a lot more convenient than carrying rechargers, cheaper than the aforementioned cellboost over just a few uses. Oh yeah. And unlike methanol or hydrogen the airlines have no problem with a few more alkaline batteries and you can be pretty sure that unless you try really hard, these are not all that likely to explode.

]]> By: Sean http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45548 Sean Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:48:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45548 <p>Compact Power Systems Inc. has already made a disposable cellphone battery charger called Cellboost (www.cellboost.com). It give 60 hours of standby time, 60 min. of talk time, and charges the phone while you talk. They have rechargable and chargable version for most electronic devices. Even though I haven't seen the charge pack up front, from the looks of things Cellboost is MUCH smaller as well.</p> Compact Power Systems Inc. has already made a disposable cellphone battery charger called Cellboost (www.cellboost.com). It give 60 hours of standby time, 60 min. of talk time, and charges the phone while you talk. They have rechargable and chargable version for most electronic devices. Even though I haven’t seen the charge pack up front, from the looks of things Cellboost is MUCH smaller as well.

]]> By: Mark Denovich http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45547 Mark Denovich Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:11:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2006/03/04/energizer-bunny-going-mobile/#comment-45547 <p>I recently upgraded, or rather supplemented my Panasonic FZ3 with a Nikon D50 SLR. </p> <p>I think it is hard to go wrong in the DSLR market. It's easy to get caught up in measurbation, fretting over each an every spec. Don't worry too much about specs, all the cameras are good enough. See if the compromises made by the manufacturer fit your usage profile, first. Then make sure the ergonomics are good. That has been the deciding factor in all my camera purchases. If it doesn't feel right, you'll leave it at home.</p> <p>On the point-n-shoot side, I really like the newer Panasonic FZ5-7 models. The image stabilized 12x zooms mean you are able to get photos that you just couldn't with lesser lenses. The ergos are quite nice too, if you aren't looking for a shirt-pocketable camera.</p> I recently upgraded, or rather supplemented my Panasonic FZ3 with a Nikon D50 SLR.

I think it is hard to go wrong in the DSLR market. It’s easy to get caught up in measurbation, fretting over each an every spec. Don’t worry too much about specs, all the cameras are good enough. See if the compromises made by the manufacturer fit your usage profile, first. Then make sure the ergonomics are good. That has been the deciding factor in all my camera purchases. If it doesn’t feel right, you’ll leave it at home.

On the point-n-shoot side, I really like the newer Panasonic FZ5-7 models. The image stabilized 12x zooms mean you are able to get photos that you just couldn’t with lesser lenses. The ergos are quite nice too, if you aren’t looking for a shirt-pocketable camera.

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