Princeton's PMB-BP18 external battery pack for USB devices

by Thomas Ricker, posted Oct 9th 2006 at 9:06AM

Whether in the form of compressed images spun from disk or received over the air, portable video is a battery killer. Toss in a bit of WiFi and Bluetooth wireless to grind modern handhelds to a halt in just a few hours. This unfortunate truth makes sad chunky slabs of plastic and lithium polymer a must for those of you in need of some extra go-go juice. The Princeton PMB-BP18 is a 75-gram external battery pack capable of re-charging any portable USB device such as cellphone or iPod when away from the mains. What's more, Princeton touts the device's ability to charge the typical Japanese cellphone (via accompanying au and DoCoMo cables) twice before the PMB-BP18 external battery requires a refill. Sorry, that's an adjustable stand, not the backside of an LCD you're looking at, which somehow manages prop up your phone or mp3 player for viewing without the device sliding into your lap. Available now in Japan for ¥4,980 or about 44 US bucks.

Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras, Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Tags: au, battery, battery charger, BatteryCharger, docomo, external battery, ExternalBattery, pmb-bp18, princeton

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Dp462090 @ Oct 9th 2006 9:37AM

It seems like parts of that are lost in translation.

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shirizaki @ Oct 9th 2006 11:08AM

FINALLY! I can now have wireless toast with my USB toaster!

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JB @ Oct 9th 2006 4:06PM

"without the device sliding into your lap"

That looks like a rubber-like pad on the adjustable stand.

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HughJass @ Oct 9th 2006 6:25PM

Howdy, kids.
The battery is 1800mah, if anyone finds its ability to charge a typical Japanese cell phone twice less than informative. (Reposting this from the mobile site)

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lory @ Mar 10th 2008 12:06AM

Verizon is about the only place you can get the authentic RIM product and matching door. Most other sites are out of stock and even when they are in stock they have the black battery door which looks like crap. http://www.batteryfast.com.au/toshiba/
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