Gadgetell | Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover wireless power, Google Android all over CTIA, Verizon joins up with Google Voice, doubleTwist becomes a serious iTunes competitor, and Flash on every phone except the iPhone. Continue Reading »

This week in tech saw a lot of open jaws and head shaking from observers like me.  This week, I’ll point out the top four moves that makes me suspect drugs may have played a role in their decision to move them to the light of day.  Here in tech,… Continue Reading »

The Powermat is now available and we’ve got the iPhone 3G receiver/case.  Place the phone in the case and then place it on the Powermat charging mat.  Then your phone charges wirelessly.  Does it work like Powermat says?  Gadgetell finds out. Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Powermat's iPhone 3G Receiver/Case

We’ve seen the Powermat at tradeshows and Gadgetell had some hands on time for plenty of testing.  Powermat is a wireless charging solution.  If you get a Powermat receiver and a mat you can simply place your device on the mat to charge it.  The claim is that you won’t… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Powermat's Home & Office Mat

We first laid eyes on Powermat back at CES in January 2009.  The system would charge your electronics wirelessly.  All you had to do was place an adapter on your phone and then place that device on a charging mat.  Wireless charging was supposed to become a reality from Powermat… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Powermat is almost ready to go

Witricity, a wireless electricity developer, predicts that televisions and computers may stop relying on their power cords for operation within the year.  Witricity is on the verge of releasing technology that powers light bulbs wirelessly from a wall socket placed several feet away.  Witricity works by converting electric power into… Continue Reading »

WildCharge is now taking orders for its WildCharge system for a number of cellphones.  It looks like wireless power is finally happening.  The WildCharge site is even offering one day delivery.  You can buy a skin, a mat, or a bundle for several phones.  It’s a simple idea.  Place a… Continue Reading »

Want to know how exactly wireless power works?  Here’s how Fulton’s ecoupled system does it.  The system uses inductive coupling.  There are three ways to power things.  You could place something like a lamp to provide power to it and no charging would take place.  The other two ways are… Continue Reading »

Fulton Innovation brought its ecoupled wireless charging system to CES.  While a competitor showed marketable products, Fulton showed working models but no finished products with release dates.  The booth simulated a home with an office, a living room, and a kitchen so a consumer or manufacturer could see how the… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Fulton Innovation's ecoupled wireless power

If the Powermat wireless charging system lives up to its claims, Powermat is going to be huge.  The idea is simple, just place a device like a phone on a Powermat and your phone is charged.  There is no need for lots of wires or numerous power adapters; you just… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Powermat could change everything