These powermats are exactly the kind of thing that would be awesome if they became the globally accepted way of charging things. But if they don't they are just another useless electrical device to spend money on and have laying around.
You know? If every electrical device that needs charging just started coming with these types of batteries and every home/office/car had a powermat installed it would be epic. Restaurants, bars, buses, planes, everywhere could have them and we'd virtually never have to worry about batteries running out again.
I was looking at them this weekend at best buy and thinking about that. But then I thought, that's not how it will work at all. I'll buy a powermat for 100$ then I have to buy a battery for my wifes ipod, and my droid, and my nintendo DS, and my bluetooth headphones, and my netbook, and my wii controllers, and my 360 controllers, and my logitech remote. But those aren't all available...and that would cost hundreds of dollars even if they were...and I'd also have to get a powermat at work anyway. etc.
Reminds me of how they made a USB (UNIVERSAL serial bus) which somehow became USB A, B, Micro-A, Micro-AB, Mini-A, Mini-B Mini so that you still have cables coming out your ears and have to buy new ones for every new device you get. Then you run out of USB ports and get a hub, but some don't work if they're plugged into a hub....onandon.
Sorry, rant over. :icon_ devil:
