Wireless charging for Blackberry coming in October.

matrix2004 · Thread Author #1 08-07-2009, 11:01 PM

Wireless charging for iPhone and BlackBerry coming in October | News | TechRadar UK

Shake · #2 08-08-2009, 10:40 AM

This looks ridiculous. There is a wire to the pad. Its basically a hip new charging cradle. FAIL.

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Sighx · #3 08-08-2009, 11:43 AM

Just like the palm pre. Sucks!

bordi129 · #4 08-08-2009, 11:44 AM

you know shake to me this seems great, i would love to just be able to throw most any of my electronics on a mat like that and they would charge with out having to plug them in

Sighx · #5 08-08-2009, 11:49 AM

That depends what those electronics are.
Some requires you to plug in the cord.

Xopher · #6 08-08-2009, 12:30 PM

My watch uses inductive charging. It's pretty cool. Just set the watch on its charging pad overnight and it's charged for 2+ months.

It would be neat to see charging pads like that for other devices, but the device itself would have to have the hardware to handle inductive charging.

matrix2004 · Thread Author #7 08-08-2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Xopher

My watch uses inductive charging. It's pretty cool. Just set the watch on its charging pad overnight and it's charged for 2+ months.

It would be neat to see charging pads like that for other devices, but the device itself would have to have the hardware to handle inductive charging.

What kind of watch is it and where can i buy it?

Nendroidz · #8 08-08-2009, 01:33 PM

Hope the odin comes out just in time for this xD

Nendroidz · #9 08-08-2009, 01:35 PM

O, and yes, do tell where you got that watch xD

upstate518 · #10 08-08-2009, 01:41 PM

I actually saw somwthing about this on t.v. (Discovery chnl maybe). They said they r designing these mats to be big enough to cover counters n u can actualy run your appliances on them

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mgersten · #11 08-20-2009, 05:52 PM

Having this on the S2 would be nice. I too like to just put down the phone and go. I currently have a G'Zone Type S and it takes a few minutes to get the plug in, as I always seem to put it in backwards.

Digital_Cataclysm · #12 08-21-2009, 12:01 PM

From the reviews of the latest induction charger released for the Palm Pre - I have to say I'm underwhelmed...

If you don't mind leaving your device literally on the pad for half a day to recharge (say, before going to bed) then fine - but for standard charging that takes probably less than an hour or two, you're still going to need to go the corded route.

Which for me is no biggie. I can plug my BB into the usb cord in what? 2 seconds?
I leave the usb cord plugged into the wall socket just for that - which you'd have to do for an inductive charger as well. Saving myself .9 seconds of time to begin charging isn't worth the trade off to me, between charging to full capacity in one hour vs having to wait 6.

But gimmicks sell pretty well too, so if the Storm 2 had one it'd probably be snatched up by a fair amount of people.

sick_boy_88 · #13 08-21-2009, 12:16 PM

an aftermarket company makes something similar for charging your PS3 wireless controllers

saw it at best buy a week ago for $29.99

eazymac · #14 08-21-2009, 12:51 PM

<Typical ghey fanboi forum response>That looks TOTALLY LAME. Didn't anyone ever tell them that Duracell just came out with something similar? Duh. They are so stupid. I won't be happy until they can send me power OT-MF-A with the rest of my servicebooks. All people are so stupid except for me in my mom's basement. </TGFFR>

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