Duracell Powermat for Phones May Lead to Wireless Charging Standard
By Karla Robinson
February 27, 2012
February 27, 2012
- As smartphones are being used for more applications and consumers demand thinner phones, batteries that fit in the form factor are having a hard time keeping up.
- At this week’s Mobile World Congress, Duracell will announce plans to make its Duracell Powermat available in public places. They will begin in New York this summer and roll out to Europe next year.
- The Powermat allows one to charge a mobile phone by placing it on the surface. Duracell wants to make its recharging Powermat ubiquitous, providing wireless charging everywhere — cars, homes, offices, even public places like Madison Square Garden.
- A Wireless Power Consortium consisting of most of the mobile phone manufacturers (except Apple) is pushing for a wireless charging standard.
- The consortium chairman Menno Treffers worries that Apple may create a problem for wireless charging in public places if it continues with its own wireless charging standard.
- Another promising Duracell Powermat product: “a back-up battery that can be charged on the Powermat and clicked onto smartphones in an emergency,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The backup has 1.5 times the energy of a typical iPhone battery… and, importantly, it works with all smartphones including the iPhone.”
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