Neah will have the nectar beat in price. neah is targeting $100 for the Powerplay and $1 for the fuel cartridge replacements. Nectar is well over that. See below
At US$9.99 a cartridge, the Nectar Mobile Power may be a tad too much for most to pay.
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LAS VEGAS, US--If you're sick of charging your portable battery packs for power on-the-go, Lilliputian System's Nectar Mobile Power may be just be the device you need. It uses recyclable cartridges with butane inside, and these get converted into power for charging your handset.
Nectar tells us that it's rated at 55Wh and lets you fully charge your smartphone for up to two weeks worth of usage (or about ten times, according to a showfloor representative). If this sounds cool and you're ready to yell "Shut up and take my money!" well, the good news is that it will start shipping in the US this summer, and Liliputian Systems is also in talks with a distributor to bring it to Japan.
The bad news is that the Nectar Mobile Power won't come cheap at US$299.99, but if you can treat that as a donation to save the earth, you may not feel the pain of opening up your wallet. The retail pack comes with one cartridge. New ones will cost US$9.99 each.
Lastly, we're told that the Nectar Mobile Power system is TSA friendly, which means you should be able to bring it on board an aircraft without any worries.
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