Hasta La Gadget!

There’s nothing really new about the Sprint Battery Boost (yes, that Sprint), but it puts a lot of useful little gadgets into one neat, keychainable package, and it does it for a reasonable $30.

The plastic widget looks like a chunky USB pen-drive, and it kinda is. Inside is a 600-mAh lithium ion battery, and on the outside is a retractable full-sized USB plug and a pop-out micro-USB connector. Pop it into a port on your computer and it’ll charge itself. Plug it into a cellphone or iPod and it will charge that, giving around one extra hour of talk-time.

It doesn’t stop there, either. There is a slot inside the USB-plug for a microSD card, turning this into an actual pen-drive, and also a carabiner-style clip to hook it onto keys or bags. All in all, a very handy piece of plastic. I guess that if you have to put something on your key-chain, it may as well be this.

The Sprint Battery Boost is available now from its maker, Technocel.

Sprint Battery Boost [Technocel. Thanks, Jennifer!]

See Also:

• New Keychain Multi-Tools from Leatherman
• The One-Dollar iPod Keychain Hack
• Ultra Simple Homemade Keychain
• Radiation Detector Keychain

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