Inductive charging can be cool, but it can also be expensive.
AFAIK it comes in two flavors:
1) battery replacement:
you replace the standard battery with a different one that has the inductive loop and associated technology.
Pros: the battery is designed to take the charge that can be output by the charging station, some of these have magnets built in to aid in getting the coils lined up.
Cons: They either add a bulge to the device, or you start to sacrifice battery space.
2) Case:
The case contains a coil and the needed electronics, which you plug into the phone's standard charging outlet.
Pro: can be used on phones where the battery is not easily accessible/user replaceable.
Cons: depending on build quality you might not be providing the full voltage that is expected to charge the device, so charging may take longer than normal. It's also a case, so if you don't like them, or like another case better, your out of luck.
Please remember, you are dealing with large amounts of oscillating magnetic fields.
I don't trust any device where such an environment is not planned for, so if it's a manufacture supported option (palm pre is the only one I know of), great! if not, I'm not going to trust my gear to it.
And as Moganni said, you have to remember to put it on the pad. And bring the pad with you if you go on a trip.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
AFAIK it comes in two flavors:
1) battery replacement:
you replace the standard battery with a different one that has the inductive loop and associated technology.
Pros: the battery is designed to take the charge that can be output by the charging station, some of these have magnets built in to aid in getting the coils lined up.
Cons: They either add a bulge to the device, or you start to sacrifice battery space.
2) Case:
The case contains a coil and the needed electronics, which you plug into the phone's standard charging outlet.
Pro: can be used on phones where the battery is not easily accessible/user replaceable.
Cons: depending on build quality you might not be providing the full voltage that is expected to charge the device, so charging may take longer than normal. It's also a case, so if you don't like them, or like another case better, your out of luck.
Please remember, you are dealing with large amounts of oscillating magnetic fields.
I don't trust any device where such an environment is not planned for, so if it's a manufacture supported option (palm pre is the only one I know of), great! if not, I'm not going to trust my gear to it.
And as Moganni said, you have to remember to put it on the pad. And bring the pad with you if you go on a trip.
-Terry
-----
"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy