Intel developing chipsets to allow laptops to wirelessly charge mobile devices

Intel developing chipsets to allow laptops to wirelessly charge mobile devices:

Wireless charging technology is quickly gaining attention from many mobile device manufacturers, and with good reason. Eliminating the need for a charging cable would offer a huge convenience across the board, and some of the products on the market like LG’s WPD-800 and the Powermat have already drawn quite a bit of attention. Now Intel has stepped up to announce plans for a new technology that will not only allow one mobile device to be charged by another with a built-in charger (such as a laptop), but also won't require the two devices even be touching to do so. Along with Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT), Intel hopes to develop a chipset by early 2013 that will charge a smartphone through a laptop that sits a short distance away. .. Continue Reading Intel developing chipsets to allow laptops to wirelessly charge mobile devices

Section: Mobile Technology

Tags: Intel, Smartphone, Wireless Charging

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