Another dumb business idea. Bascially solving a $0.98 electric cord problem with a $20+ per device short-range battery charger. Every single one of your mobile devices needs to be modified to use this. Notice how beautiful that iPod mini dock expander looks with the Splashpower adapter? It looks like a tumor on that device. Multiply this for every mobile device you own.
Oh by the way, a startup in Mountain View had the same lame idea (Mobilewise). Only their genius idea was to have a mousepad covered with conductive dots that you laid your device on. Your device would contact 2 random dots, and the pad would figure out which ones were connected via their magic power chip, and charge your devices properly. They died a merciful death after about $2-3M spent. Again, expensive solution for a cheap problem.
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Another dumb business idea. Bascially solving a $0.98 electric cord problem with a $20+ per device short-range battery charger. Every single one of your mobile devices needs to be modified to use this. Notice how beautiful that iPod mini dock expander looks with the Splashpower adapter? It looks like a tumor on that device. Multiply this for every mobile device you own.
Oh by the way, a startup in Mountain View had the same lame idea (Mobilewise). Only their genius idea was to have a mousepad covered with conductive dots that you laid your device on. Your device would contact 2 random dots, and the pad would figure out which ones were connected via their magic power chip, and charge your devices properly. They died a merciful death after about $2-3M spent. Again, expensive solution for a cheap problem.
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