Comment Absolutely love it; never want to lose it. (Score 1) 284
I've been using a Palm pre+ and pre2 for the last few years. It has a wireless charging coil integrated into the phone's back cover and a desktop 'puck' called the Touchstone that uses induction to charge the phone. The phone gets a little warm while charging, but has never been a problem.
Aside from the cool factor is the "clean" factor: My night stand where I keep the Touchstone is all the cleaner in that there's just this little black disk on it. The cable is easy to hide since it just plugs into the puck and can be routed elsewhere. All I have to do is set my phone on it and blammo, charging. In the morning I pick it up and go -- I'm never worrying about constant plugging into a jack, wearing either it or the cable out over time. It's simple and elegant. I don't think I would be as happy if I had to return to a cabled charge system again.
I'm not a fan of PowerMat, since it uses covers. I much prefer the "integrated-into-the-phone-case" solution. As such, I'm excited for the new Lumia phones.
Aside from the cool factor is the "clean" factor: My night stand where I keep the Touchstone is all the cleaner in that there's just this little black disk on it. The cable is easy to hide since it just plugs into the puck and can be routed elsewhere. All I have to do is set my phone on it and blammo, charging. In the morning I pick it up and go -- I'm never worrying about constant plugging into a jack, wearing either it or the cable out over time. It's simple and elegant. I don't think I would be as happy if I had to return to a cabled charge system again.
I'm not a fan of PowerMat, since it uses covers. I much prefer the "integrated-into-the-phone-case" solution. As such, I'm excited for the new Lumia phones.