okay, so when i travel it'd be nice to not have to cart along chargers for my phone, PDA, bluetooth headset, and mp3 player...anyone know of a USB solution for this? USB puts out...5v with a max of 500mA? based on the power supplies that came with the devices, this is more than enough to charge them up...and even if it weren't, i would imagine you could just hook the power cable up to a second port (my 2.5" hard drive in its enclosure came with a USB cord that does just that, pulling 5v at 1A utilizing two USB ports)

so, my question is this: does anyone know of a USB power solution that comes with different tips to do exactly what i'm looking for? i'm sure it exists somewhere, but a quick search on ebay didn't give me what i was looking for in the first couple of pages

[Edited on March 12, 2007 at 5:24 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2007 5:22:37 PM

http://www.earhugger.com/powerPod.html

can charge a bunch of devices using either
a) usb
b) wall-outlet
c) car lighter
d) 9-volt

i have one for my cell phone, you can find them for about $20-25 ... worth every penny imo.

3/12/2007 9:40:26 PM

^ did yours come with a bunch of different tips or something? that would work perfectly, except that i need it to do a number of "standard" devices (no special power connectors, just the round male/female ones)

3/12/2007 10:11:02 PM

yea, check this store out, has a good set of data on compatible phones:

http://21st-century-goods.com/page/21st/PROD/EHPP

edit: and shows the tips collection the charger comes with ... but notice there are two charger versions, each comes with a different set of tips.

[Edited on March 12, 2007 at 11:04 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2007 11:02:20 PM

ah, i guess you're looking for more than just a phone connection ... i haven't seen something along those lines, but this is a great phone charger, sorry.

3/12/2007 11:07:44 PM

hmm...that has potential...though i might need to cut off their tip adapter and replace it with a more generic one, so i can add my own tips without paying $texas

thanks for the link!

3/12/2007 11:09:08 PM

uh, you can just get a universal DC power brick from radio shack to do all the normal plugs.

3/13/2007 2:06:31 AM

^ how does that help me with the USB aspect?

3/13/2007 8:25:58 AM