cranky phone battery

[mojo]

motorola to produce mobile phone batteries that can be charged by a hand crank
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-7320815.html

i coulda used this on the way to the santana show last yr with the princess :|

[ArkiStan]

They're gonna need it, cause Startac batteries don't last a freakin day, even after a whole night of recharging.... so many days do I just endup walking around with a dead cell phone. It's such a pain in the ass that I feel like I'm wasting so much money just paying for the cellular service.

[Devhux]

How useful! I honestly could have used this earlier this week, when I realized I forgot to charge up my phone. I powered it up, and sure enough "Low battery -- Please Recharge battery soon" appeared on the display.

Aside from dropped calls, it's the thing I hate seeing the most.