09 May 2007 0627H

Travel tip: Lost your cellphone charger?

As I have done now, twice? Abandoned in some lonely hotel room somewhere like a used prophylactic? Those Motorola Razr Cellphone Chargers aren’t cheap either. But never fear, road warriors! As I’ve learned, you can recharge your phone using the same USB cable you use to connect your camera to your computer! Or at least you can on the Mac . . . The four pin USB connector fits neatly into the port on the Razr and it starts charging off the laptop. That’s one less piece of tech to bring along and keep track of on the road!

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09 May 2007 0705H

K writes:

I haven’t done that yet, but it’s something I live in fear of doing.

10 May 2007 0144H

Todd writes:

I always thought I noticed something familiar about my blackberry’s plug. Given that I live in fear of all things cell phone oriented, I’m with K on this one though. I’ll lug my cat-o-nine-plugs until I gain the courage to try this one out. It should work - I believe the usb sync cable goes into that plug anyway.

10 May 2007 0532H

Gino writes:

Yeah, it is a bit scary, but originally I found this solution when I was using the sync cable from the phone to the laptop to transfer pictures, and saw that when I plugged it in, it started charging while transferring data. So, why not, right?

10 May 2007 1316H

Nicole writes:

I love this idea! Thanks for sharing. We have Macs and I love how their design is so streamlined across their product offerings.

10 May 2007 1831H

Car Seat Traveler 's pingback:

[...] Everything is Design has this brilliant travel tip. If you have a cell phone, such as the Motorola RAZR, that has a charger with the 4 pin USB connector (common for connecting digital cameras to computers), you can use this same connector instead of bringing your charger along too! This way it simply charges off of the laptop. Of course, this is assuming you are bringing your laptop with you. We do, as it doubles as our DVD player. [...]

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