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John Biggs
August 11th, 2008

10 Days of CrunchGear: Set Controls for the Heart of the Sun

We begin our 10 Days of CrunchGear giveaway with the Solio Classic Charger, a super cool way to keep your gear charged on the go. Just stick this thing in the sun (Note: The bright ball in the sky) and charge your iPods, cellphones, and other gadgetry. Solio: Solio Classic Charger Plug into the Sun and never get stuck again without power!   ·         Works with most mobile phones PDAs… → Read More

John Biggs
February 12th, 2008

Solio Magnesium and Hybrid

[photopress:scaled.IMG_1282.JPG,full,pp_image] Fans of the solar powered Solio chargers will be pleased to note that the new Magnesium model will now power your laptops iPods and other low-power goodies and the Hybrid has a dual charging method which includes solar and wall power. The Magnesium costs $199 and the Hybrid costs $79.99. You may now go back to your granola-making, hippie. → Read More

November 16th, 2007

CrunchDeals: 20 percent off Solio's kickass line

I love my Solio Classic. Anything I own that charges over USB will never die so long as I have my Solio around. It’s helping me to conserve a little bit of energy when I can. Every little bit helps, people. It’s free power! Now, Solio wants to get more people on the bandwagon with a 20 percent off code. Just in time for the holidays on either the Classic or H1000. I know you know… → Read More

November 5th, 2007

Sidekick Slide review [Update]

Many of you may recall my recent rants about the Sidekick 3 and how much it sucked ass. I mean, seriously, I paid over $400 for the biggest POS known to man. Danger makes a phenomenal OS and Sharp and T-Mo go and screw it all up. The hardware was atrocious and that’s putting it lightly. The phone was horrible. Everyone complained of echoing and I could never hear what they were saying. I… → Read More