When I saw the GSM Association and a bevy of big partners were working on a universal phone charger I was giddy. I have drawer full of chargers and always have at least two in my backpack. Just think ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Update: This ...

Discover how to make a DIY hand-powered mobile phone charger using simple materials such as two small DC motors and a piece ...

UK consumers should be able to buy a clockwork mobile phone charger by the end of 2001. The device will allow mobile users to use their phone even if the battery has run flat. It consists of a small ...

Here is an ideal mobile charger using 1.5 volt pen cells to charge mobile phone while traveling. It can replenish cell phone battery three or four times in places where AC power is not available. Most ...

a person hands plugging mobile phone into a power bank - F.j. Jimenez/Getty Images Imagine yourself just landing in Bali or Costa Rica, the humid air hitting you like a warm hug. Later, you try to ...

It might be difficult to believe, but 17 different mobile phone manufacturers and mobile service providers all agree on something that will actually make your mobile life a little easier in the coming ...

July 5, 2007 The problem of keeping your mobile phone fully charged when miles away from a conventional electricity source is being tackled by UK wind turbine specialists, Gotwind. The Orange wind ...

July 8, 2008 The mobile telephone gold rush has made a fair percentage of the world's nouveau very rich, and spawned a lot of accessories of dubious value - this doesn't appear to be one of them. Once ...

Imagine you’re in the middle of a call with your BFF as she’s about to tell you about her date, when your phone dies. Or seeing that your crush has just texted, but your battery is out of juice so you ...

Two dollars is a princely sum in Kenya. But that’s what people there have to pay to charge their mobile phone at a charging station—sometimes just an old car battery on the side of the road. So, in ...