Verizon Pushing Wireless Charging with 4G Phones
TouchStone vs Qi
This will be interesting to see how the TouchStone technology that HP (Palm) has and if it is different than the Qi technology.
A wider adoption of wireless charging means we all win.
A wider adoption of wireless charging means we all win.
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I'm not completely sold on inductive charging. Heat is a battery's worst enemy. These chargers I have witnessed, cause more heat emulation from the battery. My batteries have met untimely deaths by this.
I'm not familiar with the Qi circuitry. Did they find away around this issue?
John B.
I'm not familiar with the Qi circuitry. Did they find away around this issue?
John B.
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i agree, i think wireless charging is nifty.
however, someone will prolly say that every time you charge wirelessly it destroys eleventyfive miles of rain forest or somthing.
however, someone will prolly say that every time you charge wirelessly it destroys eleventyfive miles of rain forest or somthing.
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teh.Cheeto said:
i agree, i think wireless charging is nifty.
however, someone will prolly say that every time you charge wirelessly it destroys eleventyfive miles of rain forest or somthing.
Wireless charging certainly isn't a green technology. Huge percentages of energy are lost just converting the electricity into a transmittable wave, and then it only works over very short ranges (think millimeters) and only when the charger and the phone are perfectly aligned. Even a few degrees of mis-alignment will cause massive disruption in the power delivered.
In addition to that, doing something as simple as putting a silicone cover on your phone causes them to be even less effective.
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I am a little annoyed by this claim that Verizon is either requesting or requiring that new phones support conductive charging...
1. Let's not forget that for all of our lives that most phones have utilized proprietary chargers requiring a new purchase every time you change phones. Thank goodness for Palm, Blackberry, HTC & Motorola for pretty much running with mini USB for MANY years until the uniform agreement that micro USB would be the standard format that many phones now follow (ahem, Apple...)
2. IMHO, requiring conductive charging DOES cause damage to the battery but primarily, you have to set it JUST right, you're never going to charge it that way in the car so you'll need cables anyway, so WHAT IS THE POINT? ... so they can se...
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1. Let's not forget that for all of our lives that most phones have utilized proprietary chargers requiring a new purchase every time you change phones. Thank goodness for Palm, Blackberry, HTC & Motorola for pretty much running with mini USB for MANY years until the uniform agreement that micro USB would be the standard format that many phones now follow (ahem, Apple...)
2. IMHO, requiring conductive charging DOES cause damage to the battery but primarily, you have to set it JUST right, you're never going to charge it that way in the car so you'll need cables anyway, so WHAT IS THE POINT? ... so they can se...
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I wonder if this means if smartphones with Qi technology won't have micro-usb ports? I hope not! It's so much easier to carry around a micro-usb charger in my pocket than a charging pad.
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that's another point to my arguement... they still need a (micro usb) for data unless they are also going to demand that all syncing be done via bluetooth.
Of course, then you'll have to buy a BT dongle if you don't have a current computer.
I'm sick of the cell phone companies demanding what the phones will do and having exclusive agreements, instead of the manufacturers building a phone and then the cell phone company choosing whether they will or will not carry the phone.
Exclusive arrangements and the heavy hand that forces them are NOT good for the consumer.
Of course, then you'll have to buy a BT dongle if you don't have a current computer.
I'm sick of the cell phone companies demanding what the phones will do and having exclusive agreements, instead of the manufacturers building a phone and then the cell phone company choosing whether they will or will not carry the phone.
Exclusive arrangements and the heavy hand that forces them are NOT good for the consumer.
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