Wind-Up Charger
by TreeHugger 
on 01.24.05
Disposable batteries bad. Rechargeable batteries good. Human-powered recharging of batteries excellent. Weighing only 90g (3oz) this wind-up charger, comes with adaptors to fit many models of mobile cell phones including Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and Siemens. You’ll get either 30-60 min of standby or 2-8 mins of talk time on a 3 minute wind-up. And the unit has a built in LED emergency light in case you needed extra convincing. Plus they’ve somehow managed to make it smaller than most phones, so it can be on hand when you're days from the nearest power-point. £10. ::Porta-charge [by WM]
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Link above didn't work for me; Available at http://www.porta-charge.co.uk/
Sorry, not sure what happened there. Very screwy. But link fixed now.
this looks great, can you get adapters to charge anything like digital cameras? video cameras, satelite phones? MP3 palyers etc. I want ot know this because i work wiht an organization that takes out reaches medical and disaster relief, where there is not always electricity.. like Sudan, but the teams out there still need to be able to keep intouch, but when batteris die, thats it. so could a cable be made that you could just plug any standard wall charger or car cahrger into?
You can get them for slightly cheaper at iwantoneofthose.com http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/WIN3MO.htm
They're not the exact same brand though, so I don't know what the quality is like. I think it's 8 GBP incl VAT and P&P