Intel Wireless charging to arrive in 2013

Guru3D News · **Intel Wireless charging to arrive in 2013 -** 09-15-2012, 08:30 | posts: 6,352

Intel has been chatting about Wireless Charging at the IDF in San Francisco. The company is placing its bets on the resonant method rather than inductive claiming it offers higher flexibility. The chip...

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Exodite · 09-15-2012, 10:11 | posts: 1,628 | Location: Luleå, Sweden

Agree on the inefficiency aspect. I never found it particularly cumbersome to actually plug in a charger anyway.

k1net1cs · 09-15-2012, 10:36 | posts: 3,322

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Originally Posted by Exodite

I never found it particularly cumbersome to actually plug in a charger anyway.

If it's only for one device, it's more novelty than practicality.
But if there's anyone who happens to have multiple devices that supports (inductive) wireless charging, all of them can be charged using just one socket with a single, sufficiently spaced, 'charging pad'.

Also useful if hotel rooms or coffee shops have these 'charging pads' available on every room or table, meaning you can just plop in your device for a (theoretically) quick charge without having to worry about finding a socket.
Especially if you cross countries a lot, where wireless charging would mean you don't have to worry about socket compatibility.
Might piss off travel adapter manufacturers, but they probably shouldn't worry for maybe the next 5 years or so, if at all.
Might also mean more hipster headcount per coffee shop, but that's to be expected.

...or so the theory goes anyway. =b

At the moment, it's still a bit of a chicken & egg problem.
Wireless charging needs to be ubiquitous to be practical, but it needs to be practical for it to be ubiquitous.
With new tech, the former is usually more achievable than the latter, provided there's sufficient funding (and hype).