car charger

TYLT Band Car Charger, a colorful but flat way to juice up your Windows Phone

General Accessories

By George Ponder, Monday, May 20, 2013 at 8:35 am

Own a Windows Phone? Own a car? If the answer to both is yes, then you need a car charger. If you want your car charger to stand out from the typical coiled chargers, take a look at the TYLT Band Car Charger.

The TYLT uses a half inch wide flat band instead of the traditional coiled, springy cord you'd find on most chargers. To add to the TYLT's ability to stand out, the charger comes in four colors.

Converting your Nokia wireless charger into a car charger

Windows Phone News

By George Ponder, Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 at 3:08 pm

If you've been wondering if the Nokia wireless charging pad would make for a good car charger, take a gander at the above video. MakeIt Diy is offering a "do it yourself" guide to converting a charging pad into a car charger/cradle.

The charging pad is held into place with a Garmin Nuvi vent mount and hard wired into the car's fuse box using a "add-a-fuse" attachment that can be picked up at most automotive stores. You'll need to glue a mounting plate to the back of the charging pad to mount it to he vent mount.

To better hold the Windows Phone in place, neodymium magnets are taped to the charging pad and inside the skin case on the Nokia Lumia 920. It's not a bad solution to hold you over until Nokia releases a wireless charging cradle for the car.

Source: MakeIt Diy/YouTube, Thanks, AK, for the tip!

Short Take: SPE Mini-USB Car Charger w/USB Port

By George Ponder, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 5:37 pm

Review: Griffin PowerDuo Universal

By George Ponder, Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:07 pm

If you are a regular reader of this site, chances are you are both a Windows Mobile power user and a gadget fiend. If you fall under either of those categories, the conundrum of keeping your devices charged while still having the convenience of a portable device can be a hassle. More often than not, our device comes with a single charging solution for use at work or home.

Enter Griffin’s PowerDuo Universal charging solution. Griffin gives you the best of both worlds, offering a single solution that gives you a generic power source (through a USB port) in both a 12v car charger (AKA PowerJolt) and 15 amp charger for home or office use (dubbed PowerBlock). Both the PowerJolt and PowerBlock come in this single package for $31.95.

(This will even work with non-Windows Mobile devices, like Phil and Mal’s favorite, the ZuneHD; hence the use of the word “Universal”.)

For more pictures, and the full review, hit the break.