Powerbag introduces a ton of ways to charge just about everything

GSBot · January 9, 2012, 2:30am

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/01/powerbaglead.jpgIf there’s one pain we know better than any at CES, it’s the heartbreak of an empty battery. Powerbag feels our pain. The company has just launched a whole mess of ways to make sure your mobile gadgets don’t lose their ever-precious charge. At the top of the list, of course, is the new Powerbag, the company’s bread and butter. At tonight’s CES kickoff event, it was showing off a messenger bag version of the product.

Not surprisingly, this carrier doesn’t have the sort of cache of, say, a Crumpler bag. This is a big bag that charges up to four mobile devices at the same time – it looks about as dorky as you’d suspect from such a product, but when it comes to the love of your mobile devices, sometimes such vanity has to go out the window, right? Among the upgrades to the line is a slimmer battery, for charging your devices on the go – certainly a welcome change. You can pick a Powerbag up now for $140.

Also new is the myCharge Folio, an iPhone 4S case with a built-in USB cable that mimics the design of the Apple Smart Cover for the iPad and promises to double your battery life for $80. The $100 myCharge Duet also has a built-in USB cable and comes in two pieces, so you can slide off the battery, when you need the thing to be a little less bulky. The myCharge Concierge, meanwhile, is a portable charger with two USB ports for and an integrated car adapter that pops out. It’ll run you $40.