Comments on: Oh, no: not another wireless-charging group!

By: Featherlight

Featherlight — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:34:20 +0000

A $2 problem tell that to the cartels or to the duggers. The charging pad can recharge multiple phones quickly. Also a new government mandate prohibits disabling a certain mini battery operated system for fear of safety, however that component fails time
after time after time and again. This said component does not allow for just replacing the mini battery instead the manufacturers sell the part for $100 a piece. The part is not capable of surviving severe elements including extremely hot cold or wet. The automotive consumers need something that works is reliable and durable. Again key is there is a government mandate to never disable and consumers go broke. So I’d pay $100 for the solution that will eliminate a $400 expense twice or maybe 3 times in a year. The use of cable is not an option due to it being susceptible to failures by the severe natural element. The answer my friends is Wireless power.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:55:03 +0000

sorry bro but I’m still using a palm touchstone and it’s a pretty fast charger compared to anything my family members use.

By: Wireless DUde

Wireless DUde — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:45:02 +0000

QCOM is doing MR coupling. They bought a startup in the space and have been demoing the tech for years.

By: fanfoot

fanfoot — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:27:17 +0000

And again, if they can’t get devices (multiple devices in my possession) to adopt this techology, across vendors, I’ll stick to my $2 cables thanks. So probably not worth bothering with any of this.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:49:26 +0000

Lol. best comment of the day!

By: Albert Hartman

Albert Hartman — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:47:35 +0000

Wireless charging: a $100 solution to a $2 problem.

By: Madlyb

Madlyb — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:30:06 +0000

This is a solution looking for a problem that aligns to it high adoption cost.

First and foremost, the wireless component consumes space that could be allocated to battery capacity.

Second, you have to purchase infrastructure for every place you would like to charge from and those aren’t very portable.

So, at the end of the day, my investment is pretty large and the only thing it saved was from hooking up the cable.

I’ll pass.

By: Jp Checa

Jp Checa — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:27:15 +0000

It could be that A4WP is looking into magnetic resonance coupling to power devices. That technology has been tested with a range of six feet. Both Powermat and Qualcomm currently use inductive coupling which requires a charging surface, so adding MRC to their platforms adds “spatial freedom”. WPC, with their Qi standard, announced back in April that they were adding MRC transmitters to their inductive charging platform. So, it’s likely A4WP is looking to do the same.