https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gokey-charger-cable-locator-memory-all-on-your-key-ringI usually am not interested in USB flash drives / dongles / etc, but this one seems useful. It is rare that I would need a flash drive, or a (lightning port) charger cable, or a battery boost for my phone. But the situation does come up from time to time, usually while traveling on business trips where it's best to have consolidated "all-in-one" gadgets whenever you can. I never lose my phone or keys, so that part is completely uninteresting to me.
A few thoughts on this item though:
- Am I reading this right? They haven't even started on the engineering yet?!?
- How can they even be making claims of BT range and battery capacity when they don't have a design on paper yet (much less a working prototype to characterize).
- It claims to have a 400 mAh battery. Is that really enough to give "and hour or two" of extra talk time?
- I don't see this getting by Apple's approval dept. Devices that use the lightning connector are very rare - why would these folks think that they would be able to get it where others don't?
And lastly - if this device is possible it seems like someone should already have done it. Are there comparable devices on the market already with these features (battery boost, charging from USB, flash drive, lightning connector)?
I smell enough bullshit to steer clear of this project (too early in dev process, flex funding, sketchy "team members", etc). There is also a strange lack of critical comments posted, which makes me wonder if they are deleting those. And the whole "referrer discount" thing smells like a pyramid scam, especially since they would have to send you a refund for it since by being flex funding you are giving them the full amount up-front. Lastly, the estimated delivery date is so far out there (Jan 2015) that there will be zero recourse available if they fail to deliver.