Two wireless chargers were spotted at CES 2009, which are the ConvenientPower and the PowerMat wireless chargers.
The ConvenientPower dual wireless charger (pictured above) uses a patented “fountain” vertical flux inductive wireless charging technology that works fairly simple. What you need to is insert the iPhone 3G into a thin sleeve, place it onto the rubberized charging pad and let it recharge. It’s a wireless charging solution, with sleeves available for iPhone 3G, Nintendo DS and BlackBerry Curve, but they seem to have forgotten the Sony PSP. Scheduled to hit stores in US in April, be priced at $99. Source: Ubergizmo
Powermat Wireless charger consists of a non-conductive charging mat and adapters for various devices. You can either plug your gadget into a Powermat enabled dock, plug it into an adapter which gets placed on a Powermat, or equip it with a case with an integrated Powermat receiver. It seems like it’s also able to transmit data over the same wireless system, allows audio and videos to be transmitted from station to it wirelessly. The Powermat system is due in Q4 of this year and will cost $100 for the mat and between $25 and $35 for the adapters. They’re working on one built into cellphones. Source: Ohgizmo
January 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
This thing is awesome, no more outlet space trouble!!
January 11th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I want one now! I dont know if I can wait! Soooo excited!
January 12th, 2009 at 1:08 am
I’m not so sure about all of this, however the concept is really great. I think that if this works like it is supposed to, then this will be a great product. However, the drawback is that each of your devices still need to rest on the specific “pads”, so that still could be a problem. However, it DOES look cool and can’t wait to see it in person in a demonstration. A+ for effort for sure!!
January 12th, 2009 at 6:53 am
I’m buying these for my kids for Christmas.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Will this be available in retail outlets, or just online? I can wait to get rid of my mess of power cords.
January 12th, 2009 at 7:47 am
this sounds AMAZING! i can’t wait to get one for myself!
January 13th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
It seems like wireless charging is the next big thing, every new piece of technology I see is boasting about it. It will certainly make things easier, no more losing cords and not being to recharge your devices ever again.
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