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    Nyko Charge Base IC Review: Wiimote Charging Bliss

    Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires

    WildCharge PowerDisc Lets You Charge Wirelessly With an Extra Wire

    Conductive Charging Comes to the iPhone and iPod touch
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    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    11/05/09

    In reply to Nyko Charge Base IC Review: Wiimote Charging Bliss
    This actually looks remotely (no pun intended) classy. If I had a Wii I would definitely get this. I just can't justify buying a Wii at this point. If I want to play one bad enough, I will go to my friends house for a game night. #nykochargebaseic
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    Image of RickyRogers RickyRogers
    11/05/09

    In reply to Nyko Charge Base IC Review: Wiimote Charging Bliss
    How much more must we spend on this hellspawned plastic box before it actually does what we want!? #nykochargebaseic
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    JCWhitless promoted this comment RickyRogers was starred RickyRogers was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/05/09

    @RickyRogers: When they launch Wii2 in the 4th quarter of 2011. #nykochargebaseic
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    10/08/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    It's f*cking quantum mechanics!

    Best line ever!
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    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Side effects: excessive use of profanity
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Induction charging is terribly inefficient. Does it really make all that much sense, given the state of our economy and of global climate change?
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/07/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Ironically, there's a wire between the wireless charger and the goddamn wall.

    This is amazingly useless. I mean... really, astonishingly useless.
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    Image of Kelly Adams Kelly Adams
    10/08/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I assume you aren't ignorant enough to assume that somehow wireless means magic. In other words... yeah, it has a wire to plug the pad in, and uses magnetic induction to transfer power to the device without a wire. It isn't running on fairy dust and unicorn sprinkles.
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    Pope John Peeps II promoted this comment TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. approved this comment Kelly Adams was starred Kelly Adams was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/08/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Of coarse there is a cord to the wall, it doesn't send electricity flying through the air Tesla style.

    "Amazingly useless"? Does it not charge your device? Call me crazy, but if it charges my phone how exactly is it "useless"? Overpriced for sure, but useless? nah
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/08/09

    @Kelly Adams: Are you HIGH? Are you DUMB? What's the purpose of this? Sure it's "wireless", but you have to put your phone in EXACTLY this spot and LEAVE IT THERE.

    IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS PLUGGING IT IN. BUT VASTLY MORE INEFFICIENT AND EXPENSIVE. THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF USELESS.

    And the fact is that it's hardly an aesthetic marvel, because in the end you STILL have a cord to hide!
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    They have these things at Best Buy.
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    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Not sure what the soccer moms are gonna say about that one.
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    Image of Shadowfury Shadowfury
    10/07/09

    @gemcosta: I'm surprised the FCC didn't block it already.
    Let's hope for something funny.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/07/09


    @Shadowfury: There's a new radio commercial for Franks Hot Sauce in which the tagline is "I put that ::bleep:: on everything::!"
    [www.franksredhot.com]
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    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    I kind of like the iPod one where it docks with the device you place on the Powermat.
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    Image of uncdomination uncdomination
    10/07/09

    In reply to Powermat Charger Has No F&^*$%@ Wires
    Wow, hmm doubt that commercial is ever gonna get aired...
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    10/07/09

    @uncdomination: Saw it last night on Comedy Central. So - yeah, it is being aired as we speak.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/07/09

    @uncdomination: They also air this commercial.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/08/09

    @scoobydoo: ditto
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    Image of zeroprime zeroprime
    08/06/09

    In reply to WildCharge PowerDisc Lets You Charge Wirelessly With an Extra Wire
    This is actually a great "bridging" device. It let's people move into this segment of the market before all of their gadgets support this method. How else can they encourage manufacturers to include this charging technology in their gadgets without an install base that has an incentive to buy those gadgets? This helps circumvent the catch-22 of introducing a new technology to the market that depends upon adoption on both the producer's and user's end.
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    Zero77 promoted this comment zeroprime was starred zeroprime was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    08/06/09

    In reply to WildCharge PowerDisc Lets You Charge Wirelessly With an Extra Wire
    A LOT of people had to approve this. Then a lot of people had to design it. Then a lot of people had to manufacture it.
    Are you telling me that along the way nobody said "Gee, this doesn't seem like such a great idea?"
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    Image of Jack Wants a GT-R Jack Wants a GT-R
    08/06/09

    In reply to WildCharge PowerDisc Lets You Charge Wirelessly With an Extra Wire
    I hope this irradiates everyone who buys one...
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/06/09

    @Jack Wants a GT-R: and it should make them sterile, therefore protecting the human race from extinction.
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    Image of Quikstep Quikstep
    06/23/09

    In reply to Conductive Charging Comes to the iPhone and iPod touch
    iPhone accessories to mimic the Pre.

    The revolution has begun.


    Flame on.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/23/09

    @Quikstep:


    this style of charger has been around for various blackberry models for well over a year now.

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    Image of Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!! Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!
    06/23/09

    In reply to Conductive Charging Comes to the iPhone and iPod touch
    I'm not up on the whole induction thing, and I will never own the cooktop for that matter. But doesn't induction also create a magnetic field? Just curious. Not good for all that pirated material you spent countless evenings downloading to be scattered into random 1's and 0's.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/23/09

    @Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!:


    flash memory isn't magnetic in nature, and furthermore, this isn't induction charging.

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    Image of OldCrow OldCrow
    06/23/09

    In reply to Conductive Charging Comes to the iPhone and iPod touch
    But will it transform my phone into a Decepticon?


    What is with the cases and the dock nub?

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/23/09

    @OldCrow:


    RTFA.

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    Image of OldCrow OldCrow
    06/23/09

    @nutbastard:


    I read it bastard, does the pre need that? Why should the iphone?

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/23/09

    @OldCrow:


    First of all, this isn't inductive charging a la pre. This is orientation-irrelevant-contact charging.


    Inside the pre is a little tiny coil that is tuned to capture RF at very close proximity (which it would have to be, since RF energy dissipates with the inverse cube of the distance transmitted) That's why there's no metal nubs on the back of the pre.


    The iPhone does not have such a coil built in, and thus requires an external coil add on, or in this case, an orientation-irrelevant-contact pattern of pins, which is then placed on a mat with alternating hot and ground connections.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/23/09

    @OldCrow:


    oh, and the docknub is there to route the power into the dock, while providing a pass-through for a normal 30 pin connection.

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