Wireless, Inductive Charging coming soon to over 500,000 Products Including Netbooks

The WildCharge Wireless iPhone Charging Setup

The WildCharge Wireless iPhone Charging Setup

Inductive charging has become something of a rage recently and it is understandable why. No one likes the mess of wire running all over the place and falling in to all sorts of nooks and crannies that make retrieval missions that much more difficult.

Wireless charging is not all that common right now but a lot of new products are including this feature by default. A noteworthy device do this would be Palm Pre and its round and flat inductive charger. To use these charging docks, all you have to do is set down the device to be charged on the charging surface and watch it getting charged. Devices that do not support inductive charging natively have third party add-on devices that allow the devices to be charged wirelessly.

WildCharge does this for the iPhone by providing an iPhone sleeve that works to charge the device wirelessly when it is placed on the charging surface. So far, it is has proved to be a more or less popular product without too much widespread adoption.

All that is set to change with WildCharge’s agreements with manufacturers to introduce this technology to 100,000 other products, which will of course include netbooks. The company has announced that these agreements have been finalized and signed. WildCharge hopes to continue on its current path to complete its target of reaching 500,000 devices.

If they have their way, users will be able to simply set down their netbooks and other portables and handhelds on charging surfaces when they run out of charge.

5 comments to Wireless, Inductive Charging coming soon to over 500,000 Products Including Netbooks

  • Alan Taylor

    What frequency does the inductive charging take place at?

  • JustMe

    Alan,

    The frequency of charging takes place as often as the user places the device they want to charge on the charging plate…

    Seriously, why would you ask such a moronic question on a blog? Here’s an idea… Google the manufacturer’s website, go there and look up their contact information and then contact them and ask. Or, buy one, and wire up the antenna to a circuit that will measure the frequency yourself…

    I hate stupid people.

  • James

    JustMe,

    I believe Alan was asking what the electro-magnetic frequency range is for inductive charging. I’m sure you understand exactly how inductive charging technology works, and it would seem obvious to you that the field generated would be broadcast on a short-wave transmission not to exceed the distance of the coils divided by the resistance of the metal, but to the average lay-person, that is an excellent question.

    As for you hating stupid people – Don’t worry: Us mere mortals abhor self-proclaimed, critical geniuses like yourself.

  • Mere Mortal

    Thank you James. It’s refreshing to see decency on the Internet.

  • Dom

    I look forward when electric cars use this technology on the road to run or charge the battery’s.

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