Thursday, January 7, 2010

Energizer's wireless charging pad -- still overpriced

Guess who's joining the PowerMats and MyGrid's of the world? Energizer! They were demoing a prototype of their new wireless charging pad at last night's Digital Experience pre-CES show.

The main questions. Will your gadgets still require separate sleeves for charging? Yes. Will those sleeves support all of your gadgets? No, initially they'll just support the more popular ones. Will the sleeves cost extra money? Of course. How much will the pad retail for? About $100.

In other words, there's really nothing to distinguish this from Duracell's MyGrid or PowerMat's own power pad.

This I'll say, Energizer's pad looks nicer than Duracell's. Maybe even nicer than PowerMat's. But $100?! C'mon. It's due out this summer.

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