Universal Chargers?
Anyone try these? They come with tips for various gadgets. I can see popular devices like iPods or some models of cell phones to be well covered.
I guess their charger offers a range of voltages and amperes to cover many devices.
Probably won't work for laptops.
But these days, you take iPods, cameras, cell phones, maybe GPS devices on the road. Maybe laptop too.
I think Tumi was offering one for $200 but who knows how current it is.
I have two Nokia phones and they have the same-sized wall plug but the little pinhole plugs which go into the phones are different in size and the volt/amps are slightly different. One is a smart phone, the other is a throwaway with much smaller battery. So it's somewhat understandable that they have different chargers. I guess they wanted to make sure people didn't use the wrong charger so they made the plugs incompatible. Not because it would break the devices necessarily but it would not charge as quickly.
On top of that there is Empower and car chargers.