Comments on: WildCharge Helps iPhone Steal a Trick from Pre With Wireless Charging

By: MobiChimp » Wireless Charging: Making the Leap from Gadgets to Cars

MobiChimp » Wireless Charging: Making the Leap from Gadgets to Cars — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:58:59 +0000

[...] bet — even more so if it adds on extra cost, like Palm’s Touchstone does for the Pre and the aftermarket wireless charging system from WildCharge does for the iPhone. But pairing low-cost wireless with fast charging? That could be a winning combo — eventually. [...]

By: Wireless Charging: Making the Leap from Gadgets to Cars [Earth2Tech]

Wireless Charging: Making the Leap from Gadgets to Cars [Earth2Tech] — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:06:58 +0000

[...] even more so if it adds on extra cost, like Palm’s Touchstone does for the Pre and the aftermarket wireless charging system from WildCharge does for the iPhone. But pairing low-cost wireless with fast charging? That could be a winning combo — [...]

By: Wireless Charging: Making the Leap from Gadgets to Cars

Wireless Charging: Making the Leap from Gadgets to Cars — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:01:38 +0000

By: Mel Chandler

Mel Chandler — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:20:39 +0000

I wonder how long it’ll be before the cellular signal from the tower has a microwave piggy backed on it to recharge your cellphone, or the signal itself recharges your phone.

By: Ronny

Ronny — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:10:27 +0000

I’m not impressed; first, I don’t want to see metal contact points on the back of my phone casing; nor do I want to alter the size, look and feel of my iphone. Why are they saying this is a “skin” when it is not a skin it’s an adapter that I have to plug in like I use to have to do to get bluetooth on my iphone?

Worse thing about this is that they want me to puchase it without even SHOWING me what it looks like on the back of my iphone and instead, they show me this future technology at work on a Motorola Razr V3??? I have an iphone 3GS… HUH?!?! You’re going to demo your product to iphone users on a phone that was released in 2005 – why?

What are they hiding about this technology that will make me realize how useless it ends up being for me; if 80% of the time my iphone is being charged while it’s connected to my MAC while I’m downloading content, then how does this effect that? Now I have to have this freakin’ giant, metal pad next to my work area so it can charge my phone wirelessly?

I have no intention on messing up the aesthetics of my iphone or my work area for wireless technology that in the end still requires me to get the METAL contact points onto a METAL surface – I saw the Pre and it appears to handle this way better than WildCharge does! And while WildCharge is saying that their process charges faster (right now) when you eliminate the metal to metal contact points as they hope to do when manufacturers build this into the phone, then the charging process will be DRAMATICALLY SLOWER than they’re telling us.

No thank you WildCharge

By: GSM

GSM — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:50:34 +0000

It doesn’t look like there’s a pass-thru, so I’d have to remove the charging skin to sync my Touch. I’m wondering if syncing less regularly would create more problems than this would fix. Hmm….

By: What’s Hot on GigaOM

What’s Hot on GigaOM — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:04:42 +0000

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By: iPhone lover

iPhone lover — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:25:39 +0000

Anything that can make my iPhone more user-friendly is good enough for me :-)

By: Brian Hogg

Brian Hogg — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:13:09 +0000

It could be annoying if you missed and it wasn’t sitting on the charge pad (for some reason my first thought after “Cool!” was, “what if I put it by my bed so I can just toss the phone down before I go to sleep, and miss the pad?”).

This tech looks phenomenal, but the charge pad needs to be bigger. Like, I need to be able to use it as the surface of my entire desk, so that anything that sits on top of it gets charged. How cool would THAT be?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:08:57 +0000

Wireless charging is the future. Of note is Powermat and the design awards won at NeoCon 2009 in Chicago. NeoCon is a trade show for architects, interior designers etc. Imagine a wireless charging device on your Kitchen counter. Or how about a wireless charging service in a small alcove by your front door with a place for your keys. Now imagine a space on the wall in your family room where you charge your universal remote and your phone. Or how about every work office having a surface built into its walls or every cubicle with such a surface on the desktop.

It is coming. The question is which company will get there “firstest with the mostest.” In my opinon.

By: Peter Hofmann

Peter Hofmann — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:05:50 +0000

Apple has patented something like it: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2007/02/7067.ars

By: Preston Taylor

Preston Taylor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:52:26 +0000

This is neato bandito!! However, not sure I want to walk around with that little nubby at the end of my iphone. I hope that all phone manufacturers move towards this type of charging, not only for aesthetics but for easy charging. Who else hates plugging in their devices at night….”I do!” I would much rather toss my phone onto a charging mat, hell – all of my devices for that matter.

iPhone, Flip, iPod, wife’s cell phone….(in the future – my hearing aids, LOL)

PEACE!!

Preston Taylor
@prestontaylor
WhatILikeOnTheWeb Dot Com

By: Ryan Burke

Ryan Burke — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:44:43 +0000

Agree with the “proprietary devices” 100%.

The U in USB is slowly being swapped out, form Universal to Unique. Case in point, my girlfriend has this little Vivitar digital camera, and she lost her USB cord. I’ll be damned if I can find a standard cable to replace it.

What is the point of USB is everyone is allowed to make non-Universal versions of it?

As for the induction part of this, I’d guess the reason for the lack of iPhone support at the moment is the RF interference from the induction pad. Wouldn’t that cause signal issues, if not harm, to the cell antenna in the phone?