At first I thought this was a bad joke! Paul Cristoforo is the President of a PR company hired to handle communications in regards to a special game controller for disabled customers. Reading all the reports makes me wonder about a single thing: how was this guy able to survive in the business for so long?

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/8K6g1l8t0z4/

and

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/paul-christoforo-ocean-marketing-emails

Christ!

As stated here, I got the aforementioned solar charger and wanted to try it out and see if it’s a good replacement (even as emergency charger) of my hugely appreciated external 5.000 mAh battery. Because while it can charge two devices at the same time (and receive charge from an electrical outlet at the same time!), it’s quite heavy and bulky to be carried around. Luckily, I employ a big laptop bag when traveling and I do not have to carry it in my pocket.

First of all, of course there’s no comparison with an external battery. The solar charger gets its power from the sun which means it is 100% green but it also means it’s less efficient than the battery drawing its power from the electrical outlet. I won’t go into cost details, as none of the two above are used as main power source.

Hardware: 800 mAh Ni-MH battery included for energy storage, 55 grams, a short cable with 5 different tips: Mini-USB, Micro-USB, Motorola, Nokia and Sony-Ericsson. It takes around 3 hours and a half to charge it up by USB and about 8 to 10 hours to charge it completely from the sun.

The charger is small and light , with its upper part crafted in the form of a bezel allowing the gadget to be hanged or tied to something. It’s finishing is extremely poor, cheap – the plastic makes a crackling sound if you squeeze it. The solar panel is crooked, with parts aligning badly. The cable is fitting itself very well in the USB slot but very poorly with the different tips – I sometimes left the phone charging, just to check 20 minutes later to find out the contact was imperfect thus not charging the phone. It did restart after I moved it a little bit around. Oh, well, check the price and you’ll understand why this happens. You get even less than what you’re paying for.

How it works: Surprisingly well! You can see bellow the stages of the charger discharging and charging my phone:

Full solar charger battery – smartphone at 12% energy left:

70% left on the solar charger, smartphone up to 17% after 20 minutes:

50% left on the solar charger, smartphone up to 24% after 34 minutes:

It finally bogged-down after 87 minutes in which time it charged the smartphone up to 40%. Not too bad for small charger and definitely a good choice for a back-up.

It’s also worth mentioned that if you keep it in sunlight and attached to the phone, it will charge directly and sustain any activity on your smartphone, like calling or playing games.

Highly recommended for this price!

Primesc un mesaj publicitar de la blt.ro. Nu stiu cine sunt,n-am cumparat vreodatabilete de la ei, insa ma infurie nesimtirea de care dau dovada;pe zi ce trece, gasesc noi metode de eludare a legii, iar de data asta pe o parte ma calca pe nervi, pe de alta parte izbucnesc in ras.

Intotdeauna m-am intrebat prin cate maini trece un material inainte de a fi publicat. Si daca trece prin sapte maini, oare chiar toti sunt atat de incompetenti incat sa nu observe o greseala gramaticala de clasa a doua sau a treia?

Este extrem de usor in ziua de astazi sa cumperi publicitate pe Internet. Sunt extrem de multe companii de publicitate care traiesc din revanzarea spatiilor de publicitate pe Internet, din mici “ciubucuri” pe care le fac cate unii “one-man show” in fata calculatorului de dimineata pana seara. Asta nu ii face “mai” oameni de afaceri decat aia care bat coclaurile si schimba cate doua avioane intr-o zi. Mai mult de-atat: pot face mai multi bani mult mai usor.

Din nefericire, banii nu ii invata nimic, nu ii ajuta sa evolueze in nici un fel, ci ii forteaza sa ramana tot in clasa a doua, cu tot cu gramatica asta…atat de covarsitoare pentru unii.