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Charge your mobile device on the go in a kiosk
- Duration 4:11
- Date Dec 15, 2011
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And now we've all been that time where all of a sudden we're in the middle of the -- on our cell phone dies phones are getting fancier and hearing closely -- personal computers at this point more so than they -- -- phone that would that of course comes a problem that.
The battery keeps dying to my next guest has kind of a solution for that David -- CEO of go charge.
TV what is going on over here their things blinking on the -- I like what I see you know I'm not entirely.
-- sure what is this well this is a go place cellphone -- kiosks.
We -- the leading manufacturer and distributor of cell phone charging kiosks was.
Advantage of what you just said the increasing demand for battery life when Smartphones and mobile devices -- are using browsers text messaging and they run out of battery much faster.
And just like an ATM that the -- is power we just excuse -- dispenses cash we -- power.
And that's basically what it is we provide tips which is very different in the marketplace and -- consumer just simply comes up.
Charges their fallen as long as they want and -- continues with that that to what kind of phones can you charge at the charging station everything.
Anything -- as you can see we have our contents we have micro USPs which are for many of the leading non devices now we can charge tablets.
Of all -- as long as.
You plug in and -- work.
Charges is the charges to the same level as -- what charger home.
What kind of places are you looking to get these so we currently have fifty of these units in bars in New York who they are.
-- sponsored electrons spirits.
And it's a free charging you go in and just charge of phone and while you're there the markets here increase retention you're they're charging your -- your -- another drink or not some.
Food or whatever and so the bartenders love it we're also in malls wherein sporting events where -- music concerts.
Anywhere where there is a natural dwell time where you can comfortably sit.
And watch your back and wait for your phone to charge.
How does it work and it would generally be -- -- type.
Situation or will or could it be that customers pay X amount for a certain amount of time -- the -- efficient generally it's a sponsored model them from the brand.
And for example in this we just have a IE generic.
Screen static billboards here but if they brand wanted to -- -- this and wanted to have a digital solutions.
We have a digital solution -- look at that which is I thought.
-- -- -- -- -- So you can go you can go for that if you want it is all silly then you paid model.
A coffee shop for example that might want to keep their customers in longer we will pay us a fee if you will to keep this.
In the bar India coffee -- so they can go forward and.
Keep people there longer -- and this is -- Ryan this is your new design yes I was is different from the earlier model that you put -- sleeker.
Then there.
More attractive.
And more conducive to smaller venues as they don't -- a big you know we do make being freestanding units for example for the conference business.
Now this would work very well and conference is particularly exhibitors -- because it's small and -- won't take up much room.
In the common areas of -- -- as we -- these out all the time are freestanding six -- model where there's a big prominent.
Our unit if you will that draws people to that in an advisory and other real estate is valuable book for the -- itself and for the people inside Iraq.
-- this -- and -- smaller way of getting it done.
-- -- of the business model of the company -- how do you make money.
We make money either through the grand paying us a fee to own the brand and like -- -- dozen or -- then you will pay us a -- as I mentioned.
To -- Too well on how the unit in the -- In the area in there -- that's basically it and what made you think this kind of this whole thing started he really wasn't me was a young man name Paul Kane who found out.
I had no comment was -- -- exactly graduated college -- cell -- -- -- annoyance at how come I can get cash wherever I want but I can't charge my phone he came up with this idea.
And we went to the patent office and we have a patent pending.
Capability on the charge you took out.