Fellowes PDA Mobile Charger for Palm V

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Summary: Charge Your Palm While You Drive or Fly!
Review: As my Palm usage has increased significantly of late (due to my adoption of Words To Go and my Palm fold-up keyboard), I found that my energy consumption went up likewise -- and that I needed to recharge more frequently -- especially when I have many meetings at work, take business trips and write memos on the plane, or when I take my kids to sports practice and use my Palm while I wait -- which can all lead to extended periods away from my PC sync cradle and its recharger.

I was therefore happy to find the Fellowes Mobile Charger which has power cords for both the car -- and the plane -- which allow me to juice up my Palm whenever I travel by either mode.
I can now recharge (or have extra power for) my Palm when I need it -- and, more importantly, when I'll remember to use it -- on my way home after meetings (especially after those in which I use my fold-up keyboard -- and Documents To Go -- to type notes directly into my Palm); or after my kids sports practice where I'll compose or revise memos as they practice their athletic drills; or when I'm on the plane in the evening and working while I'm flying to my next destination. I now no longer have to remember to charge my Palm when I get home or to bring a recharger with me on the road and to use it in my hotel room after I arrive, both of which I always forget to do. With the Fellowes Mobile Charger, my Palm is always fully charged and ready for use.

Although I've used the cords domestically, I haven't yet used the mobile charger on an international trip, but I'm guessing that the cigarette lighters in cars and the accessory power plugs in planes are fairly standard worldwide -- much more so than the wall outlets which I know to be different in foreign countries, so taking the Fellowes Mobile Charger on the road overseas may be more convenient than taking the traditional Palm (wall outlet) charger kit and attempting to use its various international adapters.

My only dissatisfaction with the Fellowes Mobile Charger is that it can't plug directly into the Palm keyboard -- to enable me to charge and type at the same time. For those occasions when I need to do both, I'll revert back to inputting via Graffiti or the tap screen keyboard which are still both usable when the power cord is attached. Using the Palm with the mobile charger plugged-in is actually quite convenient since the cord is flexible and the connection at the base of the PDA is very small. (As a comparison, using a Palm while it is nested in its sync cradle -- due to the Palm's upright angle and the fairly immovable nature of the cradle's base -- is much more cumbersome.)

If you're like me and you'd like to charge your Palm when its most convenient -- when you're traveling by either car or plane (and not at home or in your hotel room when other items are on your mind) -- the Fellowes Mobile Charger can be very handy indeed. I now take it with me whenever I drive or fly. But normally, I just leave it (in a storage space underneath the dash) in my car where I use it most!