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May 16, 2008

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U-Charge: like U-Haul, but for batteries. Except not.

Posted May. 16, ’08, 1:42 PM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Hardware » Accessories

ucharge.jpgI’m sure many’s the time you’ve thought to yourself: “if only I had a spare MacBook so I could charge my spare MacBook battery. Then life would be just peachy!” Of course, that’s just crazy talk. But FastMac’s come up with the next best thing: their U-Charge external battery charger.

Available in black and white, the 45 watt 110/220V auto-switching U-Charge will let you juice up 10.8V Mac batteries from the PowerBook G3 Pismo/Lombard era all the way to the current MacBooks/MacBook Pros (sorry MacBook Air fans, your lack of a removable battery leaves you out of the party). FastMac’s also working on a 14.4V charger for the original clamshell iBook, 14” iBook G3/G4, and 15” Titanium PowerBook G4.

The U-Charge runs for $70, and is “guaranteed to be the last battery charger that you will buy.” Because if you try to buy another one, they will kill you.


2 Comments

Bob said:

Too bad you can't use the Apple power cords/adapters (between the wall and the charger). I suppose it's a licensing thing.

May 16, 2008 2:46 PM
Roger said:

He-he! We won't kill you but when you get your review unit you will see that you won't need to buy another battery charger, even if Apple changes the battery terminals. That's because U-Charge has a removable tip/ cord so if you want to charge a different type of battery with it, you can (we just haven't made those tips yet because we are emphasizing the Mac in FastMac). This is why we are saying that U-Charge is the last battery charger you will need to buy :-)

Disclosure: I work for FastMac.com

May 17, 2008 1:46 AM

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