RIM comes onboard with the Wireless Power Consortium

Look's like the Wireless Power Consortium can add another one of the big boys onto its list of powerful allies. Research in Motion's come on board as a member of the organization, which now includes 21 manufacturers. The Wireless Power Consortium's noble quest, you'll remember, is to develop a wireless charging standard, which it calls the Qi. The group also announced simultaneously that it's successfully finished the second round of prototype testing. RIM's support is adds further hope to the pursuit of said standard, after Nokia joined the cause in October.

[Almo Posted Dec 3rd 2009 8:12PM]

What happened to wireless electricity... :(

[mikmik111 Posted Dec 3rd 2009 8:15PM]

iPhoneMessenger's typical comment:

this sucks, iPhone rules!

[Jonathan K Posted Dec 3rd 2009 8:17PM]

@mikmik111

Yeah, and we typically hope he (or his minions) stay away.

Have you joined his ranks?

[mikmik111 Posted Dec 4th 2009 9:29AM]

@Jonathan K having a zune hd as my pic, being his minion is the last thing that I want to do.

[j0sh1130 Posted Dec 3rd 2009 8:30PM]

um, something other than mini usb? or charging without wires?

[Streetfights Posted Dec 3rd 2009 8:32PM]

I don't think this can come any sooner...this would be revolutionary and...and...I WANT IT NOW!!

[mRichardy629 Posted Dec 3rd 2009 8:53PM]

@Streetfights you say you want a revolution?

[xconan Posted Dec 3rd 2009 8:59PM]

is wireless electricity safe, can people be shocked or irradiated??

[GingerFox Posted Dec 4th 2009 12:38PM]

@xconan

Yeah its safe:)

[xconan Posted Dec 5th 2009 1:25AM]

@GingerFox
whatever happened to shortest path and low resistance???

[Vic Posted Dec 3rd 2009 9:02PM]

Insert in batteries power antennas that suck up surrounding radio waves and such and convert them into battery power so my phones lasts more than one day. How bout them apples? Granny Smith nika

[Pupitmiser Posted Dec 4th 2009 1:14AM]

@Vic LTE will cut down quite a bit on the stray Radio/Microwaves being transmitted through the air due to the nature of the technology. That's the reason you don't see your proposal mainstream. That coupled with the fact that the stray signals don't generate enough power to be very effective. Not even quite enough to top off your battery to keep it from draining. This technology is perfectly safe for the charging of mobile devices.

[AM321CAN Posted Dec 4th 2009 1:41AM]

note this post has grammar problems:
"RIM's support is adds further hope"

[n0ne Posted Dec 4th 2009 1:53AM]

@AM321CAN

Congrats, you got your daily dose of attention.

[PacoBell Posted Jan 29th 2010 6:12PM]

@n0ne Fsck you ;)
@AM321CAN Kudos, fellow grammar nazi!

[PierreB Posted Dec 4th 2009 2:17AM]

Good, this should get the ball moving. I'm honestly fed up of having to buy a 30$ car charger every time i get a new phone. www.pierreb.ca

[Saltboy Posted Dec 4th 2009 8:42AM]

You realize that this wireless power is horribly inefficient, right? This just makes our energy crisis worse by making you use even more electricity (from burnt coal, natural gas, nuclear) to do the same thing a wired device would do.

They should call it the Consortium of Waste.

[PacoBell Posted Jan 29th 2010 6:14PM]

@Saltboy You obviously haven't read about the technology's extremely efficient power-saving standby mode. I really wish the freakin' knee-jerkers would just STFU!