Philips Power2Go: Wall Warts with Batteries

Philips new "Power4Life" product line offer an interesting option for users who spend a lot of time away from mains power. In fact, it's sort of a shockingly obvious idea: put rechargeable battery packs inside the power brick.

Of course, there's no reason to do this as standard—we certainly don't need more rechargeable batteries going into the stream, especially if they're never used—but for go-getters this makes a lot of sense. They happen to be pretty swanky looking, to boot.

The top dog model is the "SCE7640"—poetry!—that can kick out up to 20 volts of juice, enough for many laptops. Another model is suitable for mobile phones, while another works with USB.

Press Release [Philips via Gadget Lab, Gizmodo]

[#1 posted by Anonymous , August 31, 2007 9:22 AM]

Hm, I really like that! I'd definitely consider getting something like that...

[#2 posted by Anonymous , September 3, 2007 4:46 AM]

You still need to stick in the wall and get it juiced up off the grid. ::yawn::

Now, a solar recharger (with every kind of connector you can think of) is more the thing: http://www.solartechnology.co.uk/products/Solar_chargers/freeloader.asp

And yes, the batteries are built in as well.