Practical Meter Promises to Charge Smartphones Faster, Hits 50k in 5 Days on Kickstarter
New York, NY (PRWEB) July 02, 2013 -- After reaching its funding goal in 13 hours, the Practical Meter continues to soar on Kickstarter. The new device serves a simple purpose. It displays how quickly a smartphone or other USB device is charging. In many cases, the meter will expose a charge rate of 4 hours or more. This happens frequently when charging on desktops, laptops or incompatible wall chargers.
This is why Power Practical introduced the Practical Meter. It comes bundled with charge-only cables that help to overcome the limitations of charging on a PC or laptop. The product has proven very popular with the online crowd. So far over 2,500 people have pledged to pick up a Practical Meter, putting the pledge total above $50,000 in just five days.
The appeal is obvious. As gizmag.com writer Dave Leclair explains, "[your phone] won’t tell you how long you'll be twiddling your thumbs before the charge ticks over to 100 percent. That's where the Practical Meter comes in."
The proliferation of USB devices and chargers has resulted in competing standards and a lack of universal rapid-charging method for smartphones. Power Practical discovered this while developing a portable generator to charge smartphones. They quickly developed the Practical Meter to help people charge faster.
The Practical Meter has also been featured on popular blogs such as t3.com, Extreme Tech and gigaom.com. With all this publicity and having already well overfunded, look for the Practical Meter to hit the market later this Summer.
Riley Swenson, The PowerPot, http://www.thepowerpot.com, 801-637-7194, [email protected]
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