http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/ Engadget Comments for M2E says it will deliver cellphone-charging motion power device in 2009 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 27th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/
Remember when you saw people using BT headset for the first time? They looked like they were talking to themselves.


NOW, we will have people jacking their phone for power and looking like...?!?!]]>Aug 26th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/
2) Need big space to charge

3) Doesn't charge in your pocket

4) Needs sunlight (duh)

Jacket that would have solar panels (Are there soft ones made?) would be a damn good idea though.]]>Aug 26th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_product_info/solar_faq.shtml

And a review:

http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=596

Seems that they're not actively promoting it with their current products, though.]]>Aug 26th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/do they realize how stupid that sounds? @raerae: exactly. plug it in for 30 minutes for a couple hours of talk time.
I mean, it could be convenient if it was built right into your phone...so it would always be charging as you walk around and what not.
but as an extra device, with such horrible numbers like 12:1-2 charging:talk time, it's stupid.]]>Aug 26th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/
This would be a nice emergency battery pack, since you can load it from USB, and then the discharging energy/small charging operations would be neutralized by the motion]]>Aug 26th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/
Also, avester is right: this is a great tool for users who need an emergency backup change and don't have the time to stop and crank.]]>Aug 26th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/ movement.]]>Aug 26th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/
]]>Aug 26th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 26th 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/Aug 27th 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/m2e-says-it-will-deliver-cellphone-charging-motion-power-device/What this people wanted to do originally was to have a generator embedded INSIDE the phone. I showed them that it was physically impossible, due to the small size of today's devices, to generate enough mechanical power, so they moved towards these bulkier external chargers...
It is a pretty common thing in clean tech: start with something compelling and impossible and then make a turn towards something possible but uninteresting...]]>Aug 28th 2008 9:38AM