{"id":10359,"date":"2014-05-27T14:50:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T14:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/une_bobine_the_most_versatile_iphone_charger_around.html"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:34:30","slug":"une-bobine-the-most-versatile-iphone-charger-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/une-bobine-the-most-versatile-iphone-charger-around.html","title":{"rendered":"UneBobine, the most Versatile Smartphone Charger Around"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/bobine_alone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2014\/05\/bobine_alone-thumb-500x331-13779.jpg\" alt=\"bobine_alone.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><br \/>In a sea of me-too accessories, the crowd-funded <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Une <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Bobine<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> stands alone as a charging, syncing cable which also happens to be a stand and dock. The flexible neck of the unit <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> unlike any cable you have seen&hellip; It has virtually infinite positions in which <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">you can bend it and twist it a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">s <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">you <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">make your iPhone <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">an even more intimate <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">part of your life. The dock I tested was specifically designed to work with <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fusechicken.com\/products\/une-bobine-for-iphone-5\">iPhone 5 series<\/a> including the 5s and 5c. Android devices are also supported. I<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> used the 5s model in my testing.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/une-bobine-kickstand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2014\/05\/une-bobine-kickstand-thumb-500x375-13777.jpg\" alt=\"une-bobine-kickstand.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">You can also use it with the iPad and iPad Mini but it really isn&#8217;t designed to support such a heavy load. Still, in the picture above you can see it can also function as a tablet kickstand.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/fusechicken\/une-bobine-for-people-who-love-iphone\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">In the real-world the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Bobine<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> allows the user to keep the iPhone at eye-<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">level while also charging. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Eye-level is the key to the device<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> in-fact&hellip; You can take it on a trip and ensure your iPhone i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">s always visible on your nightst<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">d by your bed if you use it as alarm clock. You can then take it to the desk by the laptop and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">watch a movie while you work. Or you could FaceTime or Skype with others without having to hold the phone. You could use it as a tripod while simultaneously charging and syncing the device.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/Bobine_applespecs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2014\/05\/Bobine_applespecs-thumb-500x331-13781.jpg\" alt=\"Bobine_applespecs.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If there is a downside it is that the charger i<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">s USB at the non-Lightning\/MicroUSB end and the entire length of the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Une<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Bobine<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> is 27 inches long. In other words, in the real world, you need to have a USB plug somewhere nearby to connect this charger.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">I<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">f you think the three foot length of Apple chargers is limiting, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">this one is 2 feet and three-inches long meaning nine-inches shorter than what Cupertino provides. It will work with your laptop but it might not work elsewhere, depe<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">nding on where the USB plug is.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Jon Fawcett from the parent company Fuse Chicken had this to say about the length of the device:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">We have tested longer, but to still have the holding strength, it would have to get thicker. We felt this tradeoff wasn&rsquo;t worth it for the portability. We used to make a shorter version also (Petite <\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Bobine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">), but this longer version was preferred 10 to 1 over the shorter. We do still have a few of these remaining in stock for <\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">microusb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> and available on our website. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">To solve this problem, you would need some sort of US<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">B adapter which provides a female socket for you to plug into. This <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">isn<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">t<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> necessarily a drawback inherent in the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Bobine<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> but it does mean it would be more functional with <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">such an <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">attach<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">ment<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">. I suggest they offer one <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">as an add-on to the device.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/bobine_wlaptop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2014\/05\/bobine_wlaptop-thumb-500x331-13783.jpg\" alt=\"bobine_wlaptop.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Otherwise, I love it&hellip; What&rsquo;s not to love? You can use your iPhone 5x, Samsung Galaxy, etc. without neck-strain, in a relaxed and comfortable manner. You no longer have to search for the smartphone on <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">yo<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">ur<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> nightstand as yo<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">u will be able to easily see its bright face when it wakes you in the morning. Or when you answer a video-call.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Other important points worth noting are the name means &#8220;A coil&#8221; in French. Also, it may look waterproof you shouldn&rsquo;t plug in the cable when it is wet &#8211; it will dry out in the same amount of time as a typical cable. The company tells me s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">trong Nickel plating should keep it from rusting. We know salt water is corrosive to just about everything (except sea-creatures of course) but the company says spray and mist from this variety of H2O <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">shouldn&rsquo;t affect the durability or functionality of the charger but they go on to say, &#8220;W<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">e may not be able to offer warranty coverage if it is severe.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCX214076629\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCX214076629\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif'; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 6pt;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">I recommend this charging, syncing stand and dock and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">cable accessory very highly.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> Pricing for iPhone 5x is as follows: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Une<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Bobine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">: $34.95, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; line-height: 19px;\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Une<\/span><span class=\"SpellingError SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Bobine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX214076629\" style=\"background-color: inherit;\"> with Car Kit: $39.95.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX214076629\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif;\"> The Android version is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fuse-Chicken-Android-Blackberry-Flexible\/dp\/B00C3B01I0\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1401217285&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=une+bobine\">on sale<\/a> at Amazon for $9.95. Finally, a version for the iPhone 4s is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fuse-Chicken-Bobine-iPhone-Package\/dp\/B00H3GRW3C\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1401217285&#038;sr=8-3&#038;keywords=une+bobine\">on sale<\/a> for $13.64.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a sea of me-too accessories, the crowd-funded Une Bobine stands alone as a charging, syncing cable which also happens to be a stand and dock. The flexible neck of the unit is unlike any cable you have seen&hellip; It has virtually infinite positions in which you can bend it and twist it as you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,172,196,118,175],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18800,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359\/revisions\/18800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}