Qi2 wireless charging with magnetic alignment is finally happening
Despite being unveiled back in January, it's taken until the end of summer for the MagSafe-based Qi2 wireless charging standard to show up in products — but now they're here!
Despite being unveiled back in January, it's taken until the end of summer for the MagSafe-based Qi2 wireless charging standard to show up in products — but now they're here!
A few years ago Apple did the best thing in years for wireless charging: they added magnets. Soon we'll start seeing that on non-iPhones, and that makes me happy.
Two of the three competing wireless charging standards groups, The Alliance for Wireless Power and the Power Matters Alliance, have revealed plans to merge, with the agreement expected to close sometime in mid-2015. The merged group will operate under a new name when the agreement is closed. The press release says: One of the main objectives of the new organization is to...
Former BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins, is now CEO and chairman of wireless charging company Powermat. Founder Ran Poliakine will now take the seat of Vice Chairman but still be heavily involved in evangelism and other strategic partnerships. After about a year hiatus since leaving BlackBerry, Heins is once again ready to take charge in attempts to scale Powermat to a new level of not...
Would you want wireless charging for BlackBerry 10 phones? Wireless charging for various devices has been around for quite some time. The Palm Pre had the option and more recently, the Nokia Lumia 920. When thinking BlackBerry however, the PowerMat comes to mind. While it was a good solution, it required a big purchase for both the mat and battery doors to get it working....
One lucky reader will win a PowerMat Charging System for the BlackBerry Curve 3G! Read on for details. Despite that we live in 2011, battery technology has - for the most part - seen only marginal advancement, leaving us gadget-hungry and digitally-dependent mobile users with little choice when it comes to long lasting battery life. But a conscious decision does not guarantee...
Are you looking for a better way to charge your BlackBerry? The charging cable it comes with does the job, but it's not very exciting, and you have to keep up with that cable and manually plug in your device. I wanted something simple, and yet fun and cool at the same time. Is it even possible to have something be fun and cool when charging your BlackBerry? Absolutely! Continue reading...
BlackBerry Charging Solution Shootout[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]Through many years and many BlackBerry devices I have never ventured beyond the factory charger. It has always been a point of frustration that the cable included with the BlackBerry has a straight tip, yet the Micro USB connection is on the side of most devices. This makes it awkward when charging and a few...
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Sick of reading blog posts and seeing videos yet about smartphone charging solutions? Apologies for that, but seriously, there was a TON of it going on at CES 2010. One of the COOLEST things going on, which I didn't get to check out in person but you can see in the video above courtesy of ohgizmo, is RCA's hotspot harvesting charger and...
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Ok ok... so the number of companies starting to offer wireless charging solutions for smartphones is growing (it's already becoming a little overwhelming to be honest) but after leaving CES 2010 in my opinion it's the folks at PowerMat that are leading the charge. Their original 2009 PowerMat solution was already compelling and sold over 700,...
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] CES 2010 is rolling along and I've got a ton of video footage and hands-ons that'll be flowing through the blogs in the days to come. Last night at ShowStoppers, Duracell was on hand to show off their charging solutions for smartphones. They have portable batteries that'll push some juice into your device when your battery dies down and also...
[ Forums member Stiefler07 gave us a this great review of the PowerMat charging mats. This post comes from our Community Reviews forums. Post your review and if we promote it to the blogs you'll receive a coupon for free accessories or apps.] The Powermat design and build are stellar. Within the first moments of opening the box, the first thing that was noticed was it was solid....
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] The PowerMat sets out to solve your charging dilemas. If you have multiple devices and chargers running rampant, you can hook up the PowerMat and "cut the cord". The wireless charging solution charges up to 3 devices at a time, all without the need for conventional wired chargers. You simply place down the PowerMat, plug it in (ironic right...