Once a competitor, Powermat will join the Wireless Power Consortium. The Wireless Power Consortium is the developer of Qi wireless charging, the dominant standard. Powermat will contribute its ...

Duracell has been in the wireless charging business for quite a while now with its myGrid devices, but it's about to make a fairly drastic change of course. Its parent company, Proctor & Gamble, ...

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The Box and What's Inside Powermat Portable Mat The boxes that the Powermat portable mat and the iPhone receiver case come in are interesting; they are setup in a way that even viewing them on the ...

Well, we can't say we didn't see this one coming. News that PowerKiss, the Helsinki-based wireless charging company, joined the Power Matters Alliance (PMA) hit in March. Even then, there was a chance ...

LAS VEGAS -- For the past three years, every CES show has dangled the promise of wireless charging products. But we haven't seen these power chargers become widely available. This year Powermat says ...

In theory, the Powermat is a really great idea. A charging device you can just drop your iPhone on to as you walk past and leave to charge wirelessy - no more messy cables, no more searching for your ...

Powermat was the first company to popularize the idea of charging mobile devices through inductive, or wireless, charging. A new gadget, the $99.99 Powermat 24-Hour Power System, promises to provide ...

Here’s something that immediately captures the imagination. A device that can charge your phone without wires! The Powermat uses magnetic induction to do this. I’ve tried it, and it works. You’ll need ...

Powermat USA helped consumers cut some power cords last year by selling mats that juiced up gadgets placed on top of them. They weren't seamless solutions, though, because they required add-ons such ...

The third generation of Powermat's wireless charging mat (on show at CES this week) is the thinnest ever - less than half the size of the current mat. That's doesn't just mean it takes up less space ...