Arguably one of the most annoying parts of owning a smart phone is having to plug it in to charge it, and then unplug it to use it, and then plug it back in to charge it again. This is especially true if you use the device a lot, and the charging port of your device is located in an inconvenient place, which many of them have started to move to. LG Mobile has announced a new wireless charging system that they plan to use, which will allow users to place their device on the charging slab, and charge there device without needing to plug it in.
The battery doors will have special coils built in and contacts on it as well that will allow the charging to take place, and the mat will have multiple colored LED's that will help easily determine where in the charging phase the units are. Hit the break for more information about this new wireless charging solution from LG Mobile.
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LG Mobile introduces new wireless charging system
Psssst (quick so I can change this post)
charge there (their) device
Then how do you expect power to get to the phone?
That's not wireless. There is a wire right in the picture!
Man that charging pad is huge!
Too bad HP didn’t license out Palm’s Touchstone charger to everyone…
-Suntan
HP/Palm have had this for more than a year... and in a much more elegant solution... which they have now extended to make the Touchstone/Device interaction even more useful than just charging...
Actually, I didn't find the Pre's solution "elegant". It worked, and I liked it. But it was also tricky to position it correctly. I would much rather had a pad like this one- except the description seems to indicate it is just as picky as the Pre's (in which case, why does it have to be so large???)
GOD I wish the Evo 3D had offered inductive charging. Oh well.
News flash: Palm had this almost two years ago. Another news flash: it was better than this. Why do you need all those LEDs? You plug it in and set the phone on top. The phone says whether charging is in progress or complete. Plus that mat is huge! It says nothing of magnetic connectivity either. The Palm touchstone held on to your phone with a magnet so you could put it in your car or on your desk and it tilted your phone up so you could see it.
If this new charging mat brought something new to the table like maybe data transfer if you have the other end plugged in to a computer or SOMETHING... but it clearly doesn't.
In short, I say try again. Something like this that would hold the phone upright on an adjustable stand and have USB connectivity so it can plug in to a computer or access to the audio jack so you put the mount in your car with the mount plugged to aux input... you get the idea, but they don't. This does not one of those things. Lame.
I'll try it on my thunderbolt once it is available.
This is the same idea as the power mat correct? Which you can charge mutiple devices on? It actually makes it harder to use being that it is flat, unless you are sitting at a desk which wouldnt matter if it was plugged in anyway I dont really see the perks of this charging system? If there are any perks that I am missing someone point them out please I may be completely off
Does it work out of the box with LG phones, or does it require a huge battery add-on?
UGH Palm did this 2 and half years ago with the launch of the Palm Pre on Sprint. How is this anything but a poor imitation?
Had the Palm Pre with the touchstone charger LONG before I got my EVO. The touchstone charger is a hell of a lot better then that crappy mat! (and more elegant too)
I still consider this an ingenious solution to a problem that just barely exists. You still have to go to where the charger is; it's not like it charges your phone just by being in the same room.
The only advantage is that you don't have to -- gasp! -- pick up the cable and plug it into the phone. Oh thank heavens! No more touching a cable to plug it in! Just how lazy can you get?!?
I think you are being very generous calling it ingenious considering there already are multiple products on the market that do the same thing...
You're right...change that to "an overflogged solution to a problem that just barely exists"...
"REVOLUTIONARY WIRELESS CHARGING SOLUTION" Really? "LG Wireless Charging Pad provides industry leading wireless charging and ergonomics." Industry leading? Really?! Clearly, LG did not bother look at the industry. Or they live in their own world with their own industry.
Palm Touchstone was announced and shown in action in January 2009 and released to market in June 2009.