Charging System Archive

  • T-Mobile MyTouch to get wire-free charging

    T-Mobile MyTouch to get wire-free charging

    PureEnergy is selling their WildCharge wireless charging solution at select T-Mobile stores and will be offering a special charging pad for the MyTouch, T-Mo’s popular Android phone. This is one of the first wireless charging solutions out there and, in addition to the Palm line, one of the first carrier-approved wireless charging solutions. Click through for [...]

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  • CHAdeMO: Japan wants to set global standard for electric cars

    CHAdeMO: Japan wants to set global standard for electric cars

    The electric car continues to be a hot topic in Japan. A slew of influential Japanese companies like Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi (whose i miev is pictured on the left), or Tokyo Electric Power have now started an initiative aimed at creating a global standard, dubbed CHAdeMO, for high-speed battery chargers for electric cars. The consortium will consist of a total of 158 different companies and organizations.

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  • Review: Energizer Flat Panel 2X Charging System for Wii

    Review: Energizer Flat Panel 2X Charging System for Wii

    Available starting today, the $30 Energizer Flat Panel 2X Charging System from Performance Designed Products is an inexpensive, quick, and cool way to juice up your Wii remotes. This is an inductive charging system, meaning that there’s no need to connect any cables between the charging pad and the remote. The NiMH battery packs slips into [...]

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  • Logitech goes downmarket with the $150 Harmony 700

    Logitech goes downmarket with the $150 Harmony 700

    Now that the Harmony 900 has effectively taken the top tier away from the older Harmony One, Logitech needed a suitable remote for the bottom tier. That's where the $150 Harmony 700 comes in. From the presser, it seems that this new remote might simply be a slightly stripped down Harmony One. The look isn't that clean, the LCD screen is smaller, and the charging system a little janky with AAs, but it's still got what makes a Harmony special: dead simple macro setup thanks to great PC software.

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  • Review: Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote

    Review: Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote

    I wanted to love this remote. The Harmony One has a great form factor, and I was hoping that Logitech would add its current RF system to the mix. But that didn’t happen with the $400 Harmony 900. Instead, Logitech attempted to simplify the RF setup even though the current method is easy enough and [...]

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  • Woot! Xbox 360 induction charging system for $15

    Woot! Xbox 360 induction charging system for $15

    chargerInduction charging is magic -- pure magic! Woot.com is selling a little of that magic in the form of the InCharge for Xbox 360 Inductive Charging System for just $15, plus $5 shipping. I reviewed the Wii version of this very same system and still use it happily to this day -- mostly because I love magic! Also, gaming.

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  • Analysts say wireless charging is pointless without super capacitors

    Analysts say wireless charging is pointless without super capacitors

    Well, despite the fact that the wireless charging system for the Palm Pre is popular and functional, the analysts at Strategy Analytics say that it's pointless. Come again?

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  • Qualcomm SSLS: eZone hitting the market in 2010

    Qualcomm SSLS: eZone hitting the market in 2010

    Inductive charging is slowly making its way into the consumer market space and should hit its stride next year. We’ve already seen devices that utilize inductive charging with the Palm Pre and its Touchstone charger as well as Energizer’s Wii Induction Charging System. There are other devices out on the market, but those come to mind right off the bat.

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