Jim Jamieson
Province
Most mobile professionals have experienced the battery-pack blues.
You know the scenario. You’re on a cross-country flight and your laptop fades to black right in the middle of a crucial spreadsheet perusal. Or you’re in the field trying to close a key deal and your cellphone runs out of juice.
Burnaby-based Xantrex, known for its commercial and recreational power electronics systems, is launching its first consumer product to address just this need. The Pocket Powerpack 100 can charge a Blackberry 30 times, an iPod Mini 20 times, a cellphone eight times or provide 21/2 hours of additional run time for a laptop before it needs to be recharged. The unit features a three-prong AC outlet and USB power outlet. It is likely to sell for about $99.
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