Power Outlet With SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Charge Ports – FastMac U-Socket
Do you remember the power outlet that had the built-in USB connectors that we showed you back in December 2009 here? The TruePower UCS has been completely redesigned and is now called the U-Socket. The company making the USB outlet had to go back to the drawing board as they are trying to get the U-Socket certified and approved for sale in the US & Canada by the UL / Safety Agencies. Thanks to the redesign the USB sockets have been relocated as a compliance measure, but now, they’re SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports! That means that each USB port is now capable of delivering 10W of power, which is a must for Apple iPad users. What is the bad news? Well, they have increased the pre-order price from $10 to $20. I guess that I should have pre-ordered one when I made the first post for this product last year. Maybe FastMac will send us out a U-Socket for us to play with and review for them!
In addition to relocating the USB connectors, the safety boards have also requested some other internal changes which will make the U-Socket safer & easier to manufacture. Since we were asked to redesign the U-Socket, we’ve gone back to the drawing board and rebuilt the product from the ground up to incorporate the following additional features:
- USB 3.0
- 10W Charging support so you can charge 1 iPad at full speed or 2 iPads @ half speed. This also means you can charge 2 iPhones at the same speed as Apple’s AC adapter.
- Energy Star- U-Socket meets and beats the EPA’s Energy Star requirements by more than 10x their minimum when compared to the energy savings achieved by a typical Energy-Star compliant AC Adapter FYI, only 2 mobile phone manufacturers (Nokia & Samsung) make Energy-Star compliant AC adapters.
- TruePower Technology- custom ‘TruePower’ energy efficient AC/DV converter and power management ICs
- Custom UL-approved transformers that are smaller than even those found inside Apple’s impossibly-small iPhone AC Adapter
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