U-Socket makes charging USB devices easier than ever

June 24, 2011

iPad, iPhone


If you’re anything like me, I almost always charge my iPhone on my Mac or speaker dock. That said, I can never find the USB wall plug Apple ships with the iPhone.

The guys and gals at ThinkGeek seem to have solved this problem for me.

For $24.99, the U-Socket USB Wallplug uses regular US 110v power to supply 2.1 amps to a set of USB ports that sit beside regular grounded outlets, using built-in transformers. Genius.

Here’s the company’s video for installation, which doesn’t look too tricky at all:

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About Stephen M. Hackett

Stephen Hackett, formerly a Lead Mac Genius at Apple, now spends his days running the IT department of a large non-profit in Memphis, TN. He writes about Apple, design and journalism at forkbombr.net. Like all twenty-somethings, you can find him on Twitter. Oh, and he has a dogcow tattoo.

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I've wanted this product to exist for years! Woot. The one missing thing would be retractable charging cables. That would be even more awesome. 

Oh man, that would be fantastic...  "Hey, where's my dock connector cable?"  "Oh yeah, in the wall."

These should pretty much be standard in all houses these days.

I’m sure the company that makes them would like that.