I'm always checking out the latest crowd-funded projects for things that are new and neat. When I came across the LithiumCard project, I instantly knew it was going to be a winner. How could it not? The thing is gorgeous! When the good people at LinearFlux emailed me, wanting to know if I'd like to check out a LithiumCard for my own, I couldn't type 'yes' fast enough. How could I refuse a pre-production prototype? Prototype! So for all you project backers, eagerly awaiting your production model, have patience where it's due. This is the real deal. Design If someone didn't know any better, they might think that the LithiumCard is a sleek, modern business card holder. Heck, if it were a business card holder, I'd still expect people get one in droves anyway. I would. But it's just a really thin, complete charging solution. Thin about 3 nickels kind of thin.  Drooling yet? The packing quality is top-notch. One end has the flip-out USB port along with either a MicroUSB or Lightning charge tip. The other end has a power button to check battery level and initiate charging. There is only one LED indicator, disguised smartly as the line that separates the text between Linearflux and LithiumCard on the metal face. The LED blinks while charging out, making it easy to tell when it's good and done. As for construction quality, this LithiumCard is pretty tough. Short of splitting it in half to see what's on the inside, there really isn't much that one can do to damage it. Certainly not wear and tear through normal use, even if normal use means to slip it in your back pocket and sit on it often. The flexible, rubberized cable is made very well too. Combined with how the Micro USB plug clicks right into the bottom of a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, my smartphone can suspend from the cable without breaking loose. Not all Micro USB cables I own can do the same without having a device slip from the tip's clips.  Yup…. Continue reading TechnologyTell Review: LithiumCard slim external battery The post TechnologyTell Review: LithiumCard slim external battery appeared first on GadgeTell.  | |
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