Comments on: Review: Duracell charging mat takes wireless power mainstream

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:13:33 +0000

I would love to get that charger for my Blackberry. Seems easier since I’m lazy and don’t feel like plugging it in. Lol.

By: Ashvin

Ashvin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:45:31 +0000

Last I checked 2terabytes is only 20X 100Gb. Why should I read on when the author can’t do simply math?

By: bill

bill — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:44:06 +0000

On the Duracell myGrid: It looks like a very dangerous device for slugs, snails, and earthworms.

By: bill

bill — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:38:58 +0000

Need to correct a slight miscalculation. 2 Terabytes = 2000 gigabytes or twenty times the capacity of a 100GB drive, not 200.. That would be a 20 Terabyte drive, and WD isn’t selling that… yet.

By: David Plotkin

David Plotkin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:43:11 +0000

Not to mention the expense! If you add up the cost of all those adapters (most of which are not yet available), this device gets really expensive. I have one of those “universal” chargers for which you can buy “tips” for about $10. That is what I carry around in a small bag. With its spiltter, it can charge two devices at once — and I’m betting that the device and its tips take up less room in the luggage than this mat. Seems like a “solution” without a clearcut problem…

By: Mikey

Mikey — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:41:23 +0000

2 Terrabytes is 20x larger not 200x..

By: MattG

MattG — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:05:29 +0000

2 terabytes is only 20 times larger than 100 GB.

By: gizmo

gizmo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:56:34 +0000

nobody is forcing you “Old Man”.
its always good to have two device to charge your phone. one at work and this one at home.

By: marketbuy

marketbuy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:34:07 +0000

I certainly wouldn’t buy it. If your iPhone or other electronic devices already come with the power supply, why spend more money buying this gadget? I see absolutely no convenience. You still have to “walk” up to the “pad” and lay the device onto it. This is no different than walking up to the outlet and plug in your power supply to the device.

By: Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:08:21 +0000

Ummm, my question is do the devices need to be on the pad, because from those pictures, it seems to work with even the sleeves on. So you could just lean it against the edge with the adapter over the pad, which is what I think is what makes it work.
Also, this kind of stuff is cool, but i wont buy into it until other devices have the tech built into them so the adapter is not needed and even then only when wireless power is spread to the whole house and not just a pad. Tesla’s dream will come true one day.