Here is an interesting product…the key to having power in your hands.
ECOSOL’s new Powerstick allows you to charge your cellphone and iPod anywhere you go. A real lifesaver when you forgot to charge your cellphone the night before! So Powerstick is a USB device that stores energy like a battery, when you connect it to a USB port. It comes with 9 different connectors to accommodate the different port designs on different phone models/devices. To charge your cellphone/iPhone/iPod, simply connect it to your phone using the appropriate connector, and voila! Your device will be fully charged in 90mins. To recharge your Powerstick, plug it into your laptop/desktop again. It’s pretty neat. No more bulky adapters or multiple adapters because you have a Nokia and a Blackberry. Just ONE device. $70. (View product manual and brochure.)
But something just throws me off. Not with the product, it’s really cool and great for consumers who’re always on the road or “in the air”. The whole idea or motivation is to gain flexibility and mobility. A heading on the brochure reads, “Are you truly mobile?” I thought, is that possible? Maybe. But now, even with Powerstick, we’re not completely mobile. No way we could be. Where do the power on our laptops come from? How do we recharge our Powerstick without power in our laptops? While Powerstick can really reduce our hassle of bringing multiple adapters for different portable devices, it really is just a temporary solution to the more general question of mobility. Maybe all our electronic devices are going to be solar-powered in the future? What other options are there? I need to do some research on that. But it’s exciting to see the world shifting towards “true mobility”.
