Things like Wii-motes I can see you wanting to use an induction pad to charge them. It's simple, easy to use, and very neat looking (not to mention 'clean' looking as well). But for an iPod/iPhone or an iPad... if I had a place for it then I'd just use a dock.
Cell phones are a little iffy. If it's not a super smart phone like an Android or an iPhone, then chances are good it doesn't have the option of a dock. Even so, cell phones are such indispensable tools these days that you never want to be more than a few feet from yours. They have supplanted land-lines, serve as time pieces, work decently as ad-hoc cameras, and some even get email (unless you're in Japan, then an email address is just part of the package along with a bunch of other cool goodies).
With that in mind, the only logical place for a charging station would be at your bedside.
Now, I am not certain at all how these things work, but it strikes me as somewhat unhealthy to keep a magnetic field generator that close to where you sleep... unless my concerns are unfounded?
Cell phones are a little iffy. If it's not a super smart phone like an Android or an iPhone, then chances are good it doesn't have the option of a dock. Even so, cell phones are such indispensable tools these days that you never want to be more than a few feet from yours. They have supplanted land-lines, serve as time pieces, work decently as ad-hoc cameras, and some even get email (unless you're in Japan, then an email address is just part of the package along with a bunch of other cool goodies).
With that in mind, the only logical place for a charging station would be at your bedside.
Now, I am not certain at all how these things work, but it strikes me as somewhat unhealthy to keep a magnetic field generator that close to where you sleep... unless my concerns are unfounded?