Connectland's USB multi-cellphone charger is quite small, fragile

Compared to other cellphone charging pads out there, Connectland's USB Multi-Cellular Phone Charger is mighty minuscule. The box gets power via a USB plug and then pipes it to eight different connectors that fit into mobiles from Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, etc. We dig that Brando throws in a "foam rubber" to keep this in while traveling, but honestly, would it really take more than two unanticipated jaunts to break every last prong from this thing? She's $18 if you're shaking your head from left to right.

[Via Gadgets-Weblog]

[Jash Sayani @ Sep 26th 2008 8:55AM]

Its really good for $18 !

[Serial 8-Ball Mouse @ Sep 26th 2008 9:41AM]

An $18 pile of shit is still a pile of shit.

[konshuss @ Sep 26th 2008 2:49PM]

the concept is neat, the practical application isn't there. what are you doing with multiple cellphones? that
's one thing that is explainable, but what are you doing losing multiple cell phone cables and expecting to hang onto this... it's as if it's designed without its demographic in mind... klutzes.

[Muhammad-Oli @ Sep 26th 2008 9:10AM]

Stick your phone on the top of that thing and if the connectors are anywhere as bad as the old Sony Ericsson ones, your phone is going to fall off, possibly ruining your phone's nice glossy finish. I can see this being more of a pain in the ass than useful.

[avester @ Sep 26th 2008 9:26AM]

connect all devices that use chinese pirated batteries to this, surge it a bit, and you have a DIY cluster grenade.

[Eric Tousignant @ Sep 26th 2008 9:32AM]

Looks like crap... AND completely unuseful to me!

Like you say guys... looks very fragile, and probably is!

[konshuss @ Sep 26th 2008 10:13AM]

i tried using a foam rubber once, but it broke inside her.

[TechHowgirl @ Oct 14th 2008 10:12PM]

If you want a really usefull multi-use charger check out this one from Naztech. Its a 3 in 1 charger. Has ac/dc/usb. When you click on this link its down the page. Its inexpensive and supports any device that has a usb charge cord. When you purchase one for your phone you sometimes get a standard usb cord with it.


http://www.newyorkcellphone.com/home/naztech3in1.asp

[Kai @ Sep 26th 2008 11:28AM]

You must have a lot of phones (of different models) to need this...

[Chip @ Sep 26th 2008 12:16PM]

Or you could woo a hottie at the gate before a flight.
There's a dongle joke begging to happen.

[BigD145 @ Sep 26th 2008 11:39AM]

Garbage. We need less proprietary plugs, not more. This thing just encourages cell phone makers to keep doing what they've been doing.

[LeftyX @ Sep 26th 2008 8:26PM]

"Does it work in Europe?"
"You need... an adapter."
(best IBM commercial ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIOqOxI0K_I )