{"id":15022,"date":"2016-05-18T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=15022"},"modified":"2020-12-24T03:59:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:59:27","slug":"coalbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/coalbit\/","title":{"rendered":"CoalBit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power banks are no longer an innovation, but a Latvia-based firm designed a new device it hopes will d\"CoalBit\"<\/a>ifferentiate itself from the rest. Draugiem Grupa<\/a> came up with CoalBit<\/a>, a 23-gram, 2×1.4-inch coal-shaped portable power bank which features a 560mAh battery, enough to juice your smartphone with three hours of talk-time, two hours of surfing the Internet, or listening to 10 hours of music. And this is not all.<\/p>\n

CoalBit includes a flashlight, in case you need one handy. But the novelty that makes the Latvian device differentiate itself from the rest comes from the inclusion of a Bluetooth locator which enables it to sync with any smartphone. By syncing it with the phone you can keep track of both your phone and whatever you attach to your CoalBit.<\/p>\n

Due to its small size, misplacing it is easy (as is your smartphone). The developers thought about it and found a solution: you can enable a distance alert that will buzz your phone when you get a little too far away from the tiny power bank. In the event you\u2019ve lost it somewhere and haven\u2019t enabled the feature, the firm built an app, available on iOS and Android platforms, which will inform you of the CoalBit\u2019s last known location. Furthermore, in case of emergency you can send an SOS signal to your friends and family. Pretty cool feature, no?<\/p>\n