Samsung brings mobile charging stations to MSP airport
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 1st 2008 10:11AM
posted Jul 1st 2008 10:11AM
[Image courtesy of Really Sarah Syndication]
Please note: If you're a current Engadget commenter, you do not need to re-register. Simply login and you will be prompted to select a username.
They are also at Orlando, FL Airport as well.
The one I tried at MCO a few weeks ago didn't work. Had no power at all. May have been due to the fact that the terminal was undergoing renovation.
My favorite is the free wired internets station at DFW gate A20. Power, mini-desk & seat included. It's hardly ever busy, either. I guess most people assume it costs money like the stupid Samsung mobile travel lounges scattered around the terminals.
ive seen them there, ive just never used them......
When was it decided that it is ok to talk like this? I don't know if it's just me, but whenever I see someone posting like a 12 year old girl text messaging, I assume that's what you are. A 12 year old girl.
Awesome!
I'm driving down to the Airport right now... MSP Rocks! :) Oh... I need to charge my iPhone.
This is exciting since I am a fellow Minesotan. But I know my parents travel a whole lot so this will be a god send for them and their samsung portables.
So charging battries is considered "exciting" in Minnesota. I wish I could laugh at that, but that is just so sad.
Dolemite = Douchebag... what a sad little existence you must have
@Dolemite.
No... portable charging is exciting for regular travelers, techies, and especially tech geeks that fly a lot.
We're on a site that talks almost exclusively about computers and gadgets... and you act surprised when a few people here get excited about something new and tech related.
I think the issue isn't with Minnesota, it's with the general purpose of this site and the demographic it panders to.
I am from Minnesota, more specifically the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area... I ride the light rail under MSP nearly every day... I'm not about to run up to the terminal and check them out... why? Because I have other better things to do.
I like how you decide to criticize an entire state for false perceptions of boringness, simply because a few individuals expressed they wanted to check out something new and tech related... on a tech related site... and not just some tech related website, one that you spend a considerable amount of time on yourself making posts about tech related news... talk about pathetic, I'd laugh at you, but your really just so sad. Talk about the kettle calling the pot black.
FINELLY I CNA chrge my ipod on t3h go
You have the nose of a rabid penis bear.
According to Samsung's press release they will support "other electronic devices... as well.”
why don't any of these things come to where i live
No one will use this
It's useful. Of course, if you're a person who somehow thinks that an outlet can discriminate by brand, then maybe this isn't good for you.
Samsung wins, you win. They have these out at JFK, and I actually had to use one in LAX when my curve was dying. Very useful. You get to charge in a pinch, Sammy gets product placement (every station has some samsung device on display)
Also, people should know that some Samsung products are NOT supported. For instance, I couldn't charge my P2, because it only has a USB charger.
Of course people will use these. It's not just for Samsung products--these stations just have a bunch of outlets. I went through LAX recently, another airport that has these, and the ones that I saw were completely full of traveler's plugged-in devices.
They are also in JFK.
Yes and I found them very useful at JFK, when my plane broke down and I had to wait 6 hours for next one... But that thing doesn't have enough outlets, I was literally waiting in line to plug in my laptop...
that's not 1337. What you type is retarded
Aweosme...1 airport is slightly better equipped...what about the other 20,000?
20,000? more like, 20 major airports that most people fly through
i just use the outlets coming out of the floor already.. shame theres no chairs near this new things, seem like youll have to stand about for a while
Umm... Like a previous poster mentioned, these are at the Orlando International Airport as well... and have been for a while
I have known a few 1337 h@x0rz and I never met one that talked intentionally like a 12 year old girl.
Whereas I agree with you about Apple sucking you are still the scum of the internet. Please die.
Typing like that is fine for a text message since your are limited to 160 characters per message and this speak developed from that necessity.
Typing like that on a blog comment is utter annoyance. You may not actually be a 12 year old girl, but your typing suggests otherwise.
There isn't an unusually low limit on comment length on this blog. Your "leet speak" is not needed and is an abomination of the English language.
Stupid design. How the heck am I going to fit my microwave oven on that small table?
Get about 20 phones in a small area like that and you may just have a do-it-yourself microwave oven.
Get about 20 phones in a small area like that and you may just have a do-it-yourself microwave oven.
Stupid design. How the heck am I going to fit my microwave oven on that small table?
The only thing new about this is that it's free. All large airports have them. Samsung is assuming the advertising is worth the cost of making it free.
If i truly need to charge, i take my charger out of my carry on and plug into an available outlet since you are going to wait at an airport anyway.
SuperCoolSplasdfkjl3!0 = jimmycornellwatson = 12 year old girl.
Stupid industrial designers... What idiot put that blue, back-lit symbol on the top? I hope that idiot realizes that it is a standby symbol and not a power source symbol. Great way to dumb down people. Now laypeople will start associating universal symbols with the wrong meanings. There's already a misunderstanding between standby and power. Now people won't be able to distinguish power, standby, and power source (3 separate symbols).
ok, you're gonna have to explain this one to me, because that looks like the standard "1 overlapping 0" symbol that I'm used to seeing. Maybe I'm missing something
Does anyone else find that it takes longer to type like a retard than it does to type properly? Even when texting I can punch out a message fairly quick using T9 and spelling everything properly, but I'll be damned if I'm going to supplement 'you' with 'u', like with 'lyk' etc. I even put apostrophes in my texts... maybe that is a bit unnecessary.
i suk =(
Old news for LAX, they have the same ones. But, I'm glad this is a growing trend.
Hey, that's where I live! Finally, we have something more interesting than cows, a mall, and really fast internet!
I thought they removed/banned all the outlets, cause terrorists might use them to charge their bombs? :)
nvm u rite and kewler tahn me 2
i sry jimmy
Old news well maybe not for MN. We have had these in Orlando for about a year now.
Hey I was there a couple days ago :).
I don't understand these. Don't these devices take too long to charge? Even if you just go to 70% charge, wouldn't that still be 30-60 minutes?
Yep, with no chairs to sit on.
Oh and that caffeteria looks to be just outside the "Nobody would steal my laptop when I'm this close" border.
Also by the looks of it there is room for four people to charge at once. I can't imagine 4 laptops fitting comfortably on that table.
Cool idea, yes. Good execution, no.
But we'll see for sure when it gets released.
Saw these a few months ago while waiting at LAX. They all were pretty crowded from what I saw.
They're also in LAX - at least in the Southwest terminal (Terminal 1). There were about a dozen or so - and were well-used by folks.
I'm glad you like my picture. It was taken at LAX…
"Get mugged here free!"
I wish it was more like "pit stops" where you charge for 15 seconds and it's full.
Maybe when batteries improve...
I'm going to take an aspirin now....
Welcome to engadget for the both of you. :)
I saw them at Logan last week.
This is news?
Looks quite stationary to me.
While you are visiting our MSP airport, please stop in at our LARRY CRAIG memorial bathroom.
Saw one on the E concourse Monday morning. The outlets were labeled 2 or 3 Amperes, I can't remember.
Just plug it in and stand there for 4 to 6 hours and voila!
IDK Supercool, my BFF JILL can haz m00r sp3lling th4n j00.
So Samsung Mobile is putting it name on public surge protectors? Isn't that what it is?
They have this at LGA also.