iGrip mount brings inductive charging to your windshield (video)

At CES this past January we took a look at a number of high-end concept dashboards destined to fill up the insides of the car of the future. One of those concepts, from Visteon, even had an inductive pad upon which you could throw your phone and have it charged up by the time you got where you're going. Cool, but it doesn't do those of us driving the car of the present much good. The iGrip could, based on WildCharge tech and installable into any car, so you can just insert your handset into this windshield mount and get juice on the go -- if it's wearing the appropriate WildCharge-compatible case, of course. That's the idea anyway, but rather sadly this too is just a concept that may or may not ever make it to production, so don't throw away that tangle of car adapters just yet.

[reas0n555 Posted Mar 30th 2010 5:32AM]

Hmmmm an igrip? That's the same name my gf calls my.....whhhaaaa

[lecti Posted Mar 30th 2010 5:39AM]

I wonder if this affects the already weak GPS reception on my iPhone.

[Plexus Posted Mar 30th 2010 5:56AM]

@lecti
I doubt that the iPhone's GPS reception could get any worse.

[elduderino Posted Mar 30th 2010 6:01AM]

hash brown warmer.

[jsondag Posted Mar 30th 2010 6:44AM]

Conductive, not inductive, notice the strips.

[Phenom Posted Mar 30th 2010 12:26PM]

@jsondag indeed. - Make sure you dont drop a paperclip on here!!

In other news - I'll stick to my Pre + touchstone charger - works great in the car and those magnets hang on through anything :)

Wonder if Apple's going to try to copy the TS charger setup with their nxt iPhone... Wouldnt surprise me

[Kerensky97 Posted Mar 30th 2010 5:46PM]

@jsondag No, Wildcharge is inductive, their charging pads just happen to be shiny. But they don't run power from one to the other like old cordless phone charging stations.

[ACaplinger Posted Mar 30th 2010 11:25PM]

@Phenom Nah, Apple will Invent inductive charging :/
I've had inductive charging in my car with my Palm Pre for months. No unsightly sled on the back of my phone, either.

[SirCody2010 Posted Apr 4th 2010 4:02PM]

@jsondag

[Nolano Posted Mar 30th 2010 8:27AM]

That would be really cool. I don't really need a wireless charger at my desk, but it could actually be convenient at my car.

[parabellum Posted Mar 30th 2010 9:18AM]

I would love this for my droid. In my car the standard car dock won't fit where I want it with the usb charger in place. The charger sticks out way too far to the side. This would be perfect. Of course unless its way under the $100+ similiar systems cost, I won't be buying.

[rcuadro Posted Mar 30th 2010 9:25AM]

So now I have a windshield cradle that I need to plug in so it can charge my phone though induction... Not to mention that I will need to buy expensive addons to my gadgets so they can support inductive charging.

It is cheaper to get a mount from Walmart and just plug in the device with its own power cord.

[One Love Posted Mar 30th 2010 10:25AM]

inductive charging causes cancer.

[kingoffools Posted Mar 30th 2010 12:07PM]

@One Love everything causes cancer ...


some people can wing a video demo but that dude needed a script ... "the future of in vehicle driving"? as apposed to "out of vehicle driving"?

[Phenom Posted Mar 30th 2010 12:24PM]

@One Love So does eating food...

[mynameisjay Posted Mar 30th 2010 1:09PM]

I love the "cork board" effect at the beginning of the video. "That's just a polaroid picture whimsically tacked to the cork board filled with wonderful memories. No, wait! It's really a video of someone here to tell us about an amazing new product! It's like magic!!"