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Recycle your old Nokia Charger

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Do you have a drawer full of old Nokia Chargers at home that you don’t use anymore, but haven’t got round to throwing away?  You’d be right for thinking that current phones no longer use the old 3.5mm charging connection, so what do you do with them?  Throwing them away seems like a waste, and you’ve probably got other devices in the house with broken or missing chargers. Wouldn’t it be great if you could put these old Nokia chargers to good use and use them with other devices?

Well, the fantastic news is, you can!

Wide Range of Charger Adapters Available

The adapters are available with the following connections:

Nokia to Sony Ericsson:

The Nokia to Sony Ericsson charger adapter works with all current Sony Ericsson Handsets (except Xperia X1) and Bluetooth Headsets

Nokia to Samsung:

There are 2 different Samsung adapters.

The classic Samsung Charger adapter is for handsets such as the D900 and U600.

The G600 Samsung Charger adapter will work with handsets such as the Omnia, Tocco, Pixon, Solid & U900 Soul.

Nokia to LG:

The Nokia to LG charger adapter works with all LG handsets.

Nokia to 2mm Nokia:

The Nokia to 2mm Nokia charger adapter allows you to use your older charger most Nokia handsets made in the last 3-4 years that use the smaller 2mm pin charger. Nokia also produce a similar adapter called the CA-44.

Nokia to Mini USB:

The Nokia to Mini USB Charger adapter is probably the most useful charging adapter as this will work with any device that charges using a Mini USB connection.  Devices range from mobile phones, to camera’s to bluetooth headsets to digital photo frames.

Nokia to Micro USB:

Micro USB is the newest charger type, but from next year this will be the standard charging connection for all mobile phones.  The Nokia to Micro USB Charger adapter will allow you to use your old Nokia charger with future handsets. There are also a growing number of other accessories that use Micro USB charging and I recently compiled a list of the best Micro USB Bluetooth Headsets.

What about other types of charger?

We also offer a range of Mini USB Charging tips that will allow you to charge devices by leading manufacturers using a standard Mini USB Charger or Data Cable.

PowerBlok adapters are currently available for Nokia 2mm, LG, Classic Nokia and iPod/iPhone, with Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Micro USB due shortly.

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Top 9 Micro USB Bluetooth Headsets

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Over the course of the next 12 months, all the big names in mobile phones will be moving over to just one type of charger – a Micro USB connection. The main reason behind the change is to reduce the amount of chargers that are being thrown away. Long term, I can see mobile phones not coming with a mains charger as manufacturers will assume you’ve already got one. Great if you live in a house where everyone has a different phone – you can now share chargers, and if you go on holiday and forget your charger, finding someone with a charger for your phone will be a whole lot easier!

There are already a lot of phones available that use a Micro USB charger; Both the BlackBerry Storm &  Black Berry 8900 Curve, Nokia have the 6500 Classic and the recently released Nokia N97, and Samsung use Micro USB charging on the Samsung Omnia HD and the Samsung Jet.

Fed up of tangled cables?

This is of course great news, but you’re still going to need seperate chargers for any other accessories that you might have, your Bluetooth Headset for example.  You’re still going to need a different charger for each device, and there is still a risk of leaving one behind when you pack for your travels.

Fortunately, there is a solution on its way.  Micro USB chargers are also being adopted by accessory manufacturers, so you’ll be able to use the same charger on your headset as you use on your mobile phone.

Jabra, Nokia and Plantronics are all starting to introduce Micro USB charging to their range of Bluetooth Headsets and Stereo Bluetooth Headsets so I’ve put together a list of our top micro USB Bluetooth Headsets

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