By far the slickest, most mystical way to charge a smartphone these days comes courtesy of Palm's
Touchstone system -- but that doesn't do iPhone owners much good, which is where
WildCharge steps up to the plate with a jacket that makes all iPhone models compatible with its wire-free charging mat. It's not as elegant by any stretch of the imagination, but if you squint a little, the jacket (or "adapter skin," as WildCharge calls it) looks like a totally believable case that you might buy in your local Apple store, especially if you can get past the hump at the bottom.
iPhone Buzz took the
$79.99 pad / jacket combo for a spin recently, and while they've yet to post impressions, the shots of the system doing its thing in its natural habitat might be enough to turn folks on or off. Ultimately, we still think we fall on the "just drop it on the dock before you go to bed" side of this argument -- especially considering the weird hump-laden jacket with exposed metal contacts on back -- but if you're looking for an easy way to charge from a second location that doubles as a conversation piece, WildCharge might have your answer.
posted Aug 6th 2009 8:22AM
ok, so here's my question. can you simotaneously charge more then one iphone at a time?
ugly =(
I think I just threw up in my mouth.
While in your hands, please insert the following items in the jacket and attempt to charge:
can of concentrated frozen orange juice
a handful of forks, stainless steel
pop tart
500GB WD Passport Hard Drive
light saber (dark side)
After testing, please throw all items off the roof of a ten-story building while videotaping the event.
end of transmission.
Apple is such a biter company. ALWAYS biting someone elses ideas. I wish they would come up with something original for once. I mean like the iPhone, there were thousands of cell phones out before that. BITERS!