Laptop batteries are notorius for running out of juice rather quickly. Despite all of these innovations in technology you would assume that someone would have figured out how to supply laptops with more juice lasting longer between charges. Should you refill your laptop batteries? Or spend $100 on a new one?
Well, if you want to go the refill way, Jay has a tutorial on how to refill your tired old laptop batteries.
Imagine loosing power to your cell phone or iPod while on the road! What do you do? No plugs to charge through, and you urgently have to make a business call or listen to that new Christina Aguilara track. Fear not, Minty Boost is hear to help. Disguised as a tin of Altoids, this USB charging station holds 2 AA batteries that can power an iPod video for 3hrs or more, or an iPod mini for 26 hours.
It has been tested on a number of devices including Blackberry’s, Palm Treo’s, PSP’s, and iPods. Retail price is $19.50 U.S. for a kit that you can put together yourself.
Being able to customize little pieces of our electronic devices is all about the mobile pimping lifestyle. Blakberry Forums has a tutorial on how to change up boring white trackballs on Blackberry’s new Pearl device to brilliant glowing multi-color balls. The tutorial goes over how to open and disassemble all parts of the device and where to color the innards.
[via Gizmodo]