Travel Technology - Mobile FUEL CELL charger for iPod, PSP, DS

Just come across an article(*1) reporting in Japan Toshiba has started to sell limited 3000 sets of mobile Fuel Cell chargers for iPods, PSPs and Nintendo DSs. It says this is the world first portable fuel cell charger product.

The price is 29800 JPY, or 330 USD.
Methanol cartridge is 3,150 JPY. (5 x 50cc cartridge)

Though it is prohibited to bring the methanol cartridge onto a plane, you can bring the methanol loaded charger itself there (*2). The charger fully loaded with 14cc methanol can charge 800mAh batteries x 2 .

PC World has also reported about it and this product got 11^ and 0:td:.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/174113/toshiba_launches_methanol_fuel_cell_charger.html


*1 Japanese
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0910/22/news054.html

*2 FAQ page, Japanese
http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/ddc/dynario/faq.htm

Official Site(Japanese):
http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/ddc/dynario/product.htm

Perhaps this would get a better response in the travel tech section?

There has to be other effective products for a lot less than 330 USD.

Perhaps this would get a better response in the travel tech section?

Thanks. I will ask mod to move this thread there.