Word: chargers
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...Treble Charger...
...Treble Charger were the answer to mid-’90s Canadian teen angst. Whether rocking out to power-pop anthems like “Friend of Mine” or making out to the doleful ballad “Red,” teenagers knew that Treble Charger made music that mattered. For the rest, their hopelessly obsessive but charged songs were still good...
...latest work. The band’s mix of conventional pouty-lipped lyrics, overblown guitars and radio-friendly riffs might make for a hit single, but simply can’t sustain an 11-track album. The Detox formula wears thin far too quickly. Remnants of the original Treble Charger can be heard in the layered and harmonized vocals (they boast two singers), but the predictable three-minute progression of songs such as “Over My Head” negates this creativity. For all the noise, Detox lacks the energy needed to keep Treble Charger going...
...RadioShack was truly awful. It was also the only unit that uses 900-MHz wireless technology instead of Bluetooth. First, you need to charge it for three hours via the cigarette lighter in your car (and in many cars, with the motor running) or else buy a separate wall charger for $15. Worse, the headset was bulky and hurt my ear. But the clincher was the dismal sound. "It sounds like you're on an international call," my sister told me. Definitely not the effect I was going...
MUSCLE POWER Here's a low-tech solution to the high-tech problem of the cell-phone battery that dies without a car or a wall plug in sight. Motorola's FreeCharge windup charger ($80; available this summer) lets you generate electricity with your upper-body strength. Just crank the handle for 30 sec., and the charger converts that mechanical energy into enough juice to power a cell phone for five minutes. Special adapters that fit other popular phones are sold separately...