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THERE’S THAT OLD joke about the girl who thought her blind date was so ugly she put a paper bag over his head and then, just to be safe, another over her head in case his fell off. The Eton BoostTurbine 2000 takes similar precautions. While its 2000mAH lithium-ion battery will fully recharge your depleted cell phone battery, it also comes with a hand crank to whip up a little more power when its own battery is D.O.A. At first glance Eton’s 7-ounce charger looks like most of the other rechargeable battery packs out there. There’s a power-out USB port you attach your digital device for recharging . The power-in, mini-USB port connects to an electrical outlet or a computer’s USB port to recharge the BoostTurbine’s own lithium-ion battery. Pushing the power button on the charger starts the re-juicing process and conveniently lets you check on the BoostTurbine’s remaining battery as represented by four LED lights. What separates the BoostTurbine from other brickish cadets in the r...