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| SavannahLion:
All I can say is... WTF? Start with the link: http://www.batteriser.com/ When I see this, I think of those stupid little stickers people used to put on their gas tanks to increase their mileage or the metallic sticker on the back of chocolate bar cell phones to increase the range. What really gets me is that a ton of "respectable" sites are featuring this pile. What the hell? If there's anything inside that ribbon of metal, I have to wonder if the're trying to use a boost convertor. Which begs the question, can one make a boost convertor small enough to fit in the head of a PoS? Edit: Apparently, that's exactly what this company is claming, that he did indeed create boost convertor thin enough to fit inside a compartment with a battery. Still doesn't smell right though. |
| ark_ader:
Will it smell like burning plastic? |
| shponglefan:
Hackaday had an article debunking it: http://hackaday.com/2015/06/06/crowdfunding-follies-debunking-the-batteriser/ And EEV blog as well: |
| lilshawn:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on June 07, 2015, 03:29:32 am ---a ton of "respectable" sites are featuring this pile. --- End quote --- heh pile. also, making claims by omitting little bits of pertinent information is quite a common practice in "marketing wank" it's the only way some things ever get sold. I too remember the little squiggly stickers you put under the battery of the phone to "improve your reception to the equivalent of a 4 FOOOT ANTENNA!" except radio frequency antennas are tuned to the exact frequency you are TX/RXing... A longer antenna wouldn't give you better reception (even if it did what it claimed) when compared to the one tuned to the frequency you are trying to receive by the phone manufacturer...and since it (the antenna booster sticker) isn't electrically connected to any bits of the radio inside the phone ANYWAYS... it doesn't matter one lick of crap. it's been a while since we've had a rip off product that would appeal to everyone like this. |
| SavannahLion:
Does ReadyBoost count? |
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