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Wednesday, May 23

Charge your iPod and Laptop while Trekking - PowerPad®130

Electrovaya PowerPad 130 batteries are just the gadget a frequent traveler would love to pack on his backpack! Powerpad has so many just needed features, and looks tidy and very much packable.

The PowerPad®130 allows portable computer users to experience phenomenal productivity in a mobile environment claims the company and that is true to a large extent.

I would love to carry something like this(PowerPad 130) on my Backpack, that can charge most of the under 5V gadgets like my USB Torch, USB Fan, Mobile, Blackberry, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Digital Camera Battery(under 5Volts), Walky-Talkie Radio Kits, Navigator etc. It has 2 convenient USB ports to charge these gadgets(including my iPod/Zune).


Electrovaya a Canadian company has marked it's presence for a while, and they have made it a point that the PowerPad stays well ahead in battery backup, 3 to 4 times higher than the usual laptop battery.

Imagine your iPod running out of battery on a trek, and PowerPad®130 comes to your rescue!! PowerPad®130 has a rugged case just the right kind for a trek or out of office experience. PowerPad®130 also boasts the one of the kind "State Of Health - SOH Display" and a Fuel Gauge that digitally displays the %ge of battery that is charged.

Interesting part is that, it is designed well enough to fit in the usual Computer/Laptop Bag, Mine is a Samsonite Backpack type, and it has enough space to fit in the PowerPad®130 and most of my other gadgets too.

Unlike the Digital Camera batteries the
PowerPad®130 can be charged to 85% under 3 hours, and that is truly super cool! PowerPad®130 is compatible with most of the laptop Computers, and it is better to have a peek at their compatibility list.

Price: Prices were steep when PowerPad came into the market, now recently they have slashed on price, with some 20 - 25% discounts, but for the kind of facility the PowerPad provides, I guess the prices are quite right. More competition would take care off the prices in the coming days! check price here!

Weight: Just under 1kg
Dimensions: 10.6" x 8.2" x 0.6"

 

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