Raise your hand if you carry an extra external battery for your smartphone. Just about all of us, right?
Those devices, however, are usually one-trick ponies: All they can do is store power. Now PowerStick, a company that already makes a popular line of portable chargers is introducing a multi-disciplined device: one that can charge, store data and even stream content.
Mosaic, a small, white, pocket-sized device features a 7000mAh battery, a USB 3.0 Type-C port (it ships with a USB 3.0 cable), built-in Wi-Fi and flash memory storage capacities ranging from 16 GB to 256 GB.
PowerStick says the 7.4 oz device gets approximately eight hours of battery life, even in streaming mode.
To stream content from Mosaic to other smartphones and tablets, you’ll need to set up an ad-hoc Wifi connection. You sign into Mosaic’s built-in Wifi network (it can also be used as a Wifi range extender) and then launch the Mosaic iOS or Android app. This gives you access to the Mosaic’s folder structure and whatever media and content you’ve stored within.
Mosaic can supposedly stream to seven devices at once (same or different content) and from distances of up to 30 ft. away. If you attach another storage device to Mosaic, you can also access its contents through the Mosaic app.
PowerStick, a Canadian company, has yet to release its Mosaic device and has instead launched a successful Kickstarter project that ends later this week.
When Mosaic goes on sale in October, it will cost £64 for the 16 GB model.
